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03AMMAN4212	Jordan Takes Major Step in Its Education [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Cabinet approved an $80 million project as the first step in the provision of providing broadband connectivity to all learning centers in the country. The centerpiece of the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI),launched by King Abdullah at the World Economic Forum ( [...]	2003-07-10 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID JO

03AMMAN4249	ON TO BAGHDAD: JORDAN-IRAQ CIVAIR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director Hanna Najjar signed a Letter of Agreement July 10 regarding air traffic control and airway establishment between Jordan and Iraq. While communications and service issues have yet to be ironed out, the LOA paves the way for resump [...]	2003-07-11 06:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD JO
03AMMAN4251	PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD, [...] A controversial amendment to Jordan,s Municipal Law has come under fire from nearly a third of the members of the country,s newly elected parliament. Between 30 and 40 MPs have signed and circulated a petition calling on the government to delay the country,s municipal elections, scheduled for [...]	2003-07-13 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4348	Creating Gender Sensitive ICT Synergies [...] (U) SUMMARY: UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) plans to launch an "E-Village" project that will integrate a number of information and communications technologies (ICT) efforts underway in Jordan with the construction of a computer assembly plant in a village near Madaba. Deem [...]	2003-07-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID JO
03AMMAN4352	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4354	FOLEY TRIAL: COURT HEARS PROSECUTION TESTIMONY, [...] (U) The State Security Court on July 15 adjourned the trial of those accused of assassinating USAID diplomat Laurence Foley until September 2 for a judicial holiday, according to local press reports. The court--which had resumed hearings on July 8 after previous postponements (see Ref)--heard [...]	2003-07-15 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4374	New Book Published CAIRO PLEASE PASS TO ALEXANDRIA [...] Amman is pleased to announce a new title from the Arabic Book Program. "The Best American Short Stories of the Century", edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison was published in early July. This book is the sixty-second in an annual series by the American publisher. This edition includes o [...]	2003-07-16 06:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO IIP
03AMMAN4406	JORDAN TO LIFT 14 DAY QUARANTINE ON TRAVELERS [...] On July 14, 2003, Dr. Walid Ma'ani, Minister of Health, notified the Embassy that the government of Jordan has lifted all restrictions which had been imposed on travelers coming from previously infected countries. HALE [...]	2003-07-16 15:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PREL PTER AMED JO
03AMMAN4420	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4441	JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE [...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...]	2003-07-20 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03AMMAN4467	RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED BY [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF JULY 4, 2003 REPORTED THAT THE COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNED THE EARLIER DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST AMCIT RAED HIJAZI. A NINE-JUDGE COURT OF CASSATION PANEL OVERTURNED THE STATE SECURITY COURT VERDICT AND SENTENCE, RETURNING THE CASE TO STATE SECURITY COURT WHICH IS NOT E [...]	2003-07-21 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN4477	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4586	FIVE IV ALUMNI AND ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS [...] FIVE IV ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM AND ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS WERE APPOINTED MINISTERS IN THE NEW CABINET. THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER ALI ABU RAGHEB WHO WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN JUNE 2000. TWENTY NINE CABINET MEMBERS WERE SWORN IN BEFO [...]	2003-07-24 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC JO
03AMMAN4587	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-24 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4588	IRAQI MOBILE TENDER CONFERENCE SET FOR AMMAN [...] Action recommendation at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq (CPA) announced July 21 that a bidders' conference for companies with an interest in a recently-issued mobile telecom services tender in Iraq would be held in Amman July 31. The tender, which will be [...]	2003-07-24 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4590	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4610	NOTE VERBALE INVITING COUNTRIES TO DESIGNATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL JO
03AMMAN4638	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING MAY 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: MAY 12-13, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: TWO DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN OVERNIGHT VISIT TO JORDAN ON MAY 12 - 13 DURING WHICH HE MET WITH KING ABDULLAH TO [...]	2003-07-27 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN4644	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW TURNOUT PROMPTS [...] (U) Jordan's July 26 municipal elections suffered from low voter turnout causing the government to extend balloting in 9 of the 82 municipalities in which elections were held. In 17 other municipalities, elections were not held because the number of candidates equaled the number of seats. Fin [...]	2003-07-27 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN4679	PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES [...] PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: DAY STOP(SIX HOURS). 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN, TO PROMOTE M [...]	2003-07-28 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE
03AMMAN4688	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: FOUR DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY CAME TO JORDAN FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND A MEETING OF THE PEACE PROCESS QUARTET, AND [...]	2003-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN4689	DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON 58TH UNGA, GOJ UNGA DELEGATION, [...] Per ref A, Pol Intern discussed renewal of UNOMIG mandate with Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director of the MFA,s Office of International Organizations Department, on 24 July. Al-Ameri made no substantive comment, but took note of Syria,s decision to follow P-5 cons [...]	2003-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO UNGA UNOMIG
03AMMAN4700	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-29 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4761	MEET U.S. FOLLOW-UP: JORDAN [...] (u) Embassy appreciates DOC feedback from the first MEET U.S. conference. Regarding the proposed issue areas for future MEET U.S. programs listed reftel, we believe it will be easy to find a solid group of qualified applicants for virtually any sector-specific program. Reftel suggestions f [...]	2003-07-31 08:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD KPAO JO
03AMMAN4929	JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2003-08-06 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN4979	SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK [...] Per REF: A) post would like to place the following publications order: ITEM QTY COST/ITEM U.S. DOLS ---- --- --------- --------- 01-A 100 2.50 250.00 01-E 100 2.50 250.00 02-A 50 1.60 080.00 02- [...]	2003-08-07 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC
03AMMAN5037	ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs in US Dols: English Teach Library(ARC) Post's X Allotment as of 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Obligations 10/1/02 - 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Projected Obligations 8/1/ [...]	2003-08-10 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
03AMMAN5038	PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES [...] PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: DAY STOP (SIX HOURS). 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN, TO PROMOTE [...]	2003-08-10 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE
03AMMAN5067	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5100	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5165	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDEAST ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5266	JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE [...] Ali al-Ayed, the Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, officially requested to PolCouns August 19 a meeting between FonMin Muasher and Secretary Powell on the margins of the UNGA. FonMin Muasher will arrive in New York on September 20 and depart New York in September [...]	2003-08-19 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO UNGA
03AMMAN5377	LIBERIA: SUPPORTING UN REQUEST TO JORDAN FOR [...] Charge and PolCouns covered ref points on ECOMIL August 24 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Charge asked that Jordan carefully consider the UN's request for participation of a Jordanian hospital in ECOMIL. Ayed said that Jordan would give the UN's requ [...]	2003-08-25 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR PREL JO UN
03AMMAN5378	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5498	INVITATIONAL TRAVEL [...] Post requests authority for FSN Environment Assistant Ms. Rana Safadi to accept invitational round-trip travel (via commercial carrier),lodging and per diem from the Quebec- Labrador Foundation (QLF) to attend a two-week workshop in the Boston, MA, area. QLF is a U.S.-based private, non- pro [...]	2003-08-28 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT JO
03AMMAN5500	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST PD [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: FOUR DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY CAME TO JORDAN FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND A MEETING OF THE PEACE PROCESS QUARTET, AND [...]	2003-08-28 16:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN5532	JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours after the blast on August 29. In the name of the GOJ, Sharif denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid a [...]	2003-09-01 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN5567	COMPLETION OF FY02 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND [...] SUMMARY: POST'S TWO PROJECTS FUNDED IN FY02 UNDER PRM'S AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE COMPLETED BY JULY 2003. THE TWO PROJECTS - PURCHASE OF A MINIBUS FOR THE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER AT BAQA'A CAMP AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTE [...]	2003-09-02 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
03AMMAN5575	CONSULTANT EMPOWERS JORDANIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS [...] Summary: Jordanian and Palestinian female Members of Parliament and municipal officials praised the workshops and individual consultations by political consultant Daryl Glenney, who focused the newly-elected representatives on their role in advancing both women's empowerment and citizen partic [...]	2003-09-03 09:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5602	WITH LITTLE FANFARE, CROWN PRINCE HAMZAH GETS [...] (U) Jordanians were surprised -- but nonetheless delighted -- at the announcement of the marriage of Crown Prince Hamzah on August 29, 2003. The CP signed a traditional marriage contract with his second cousin, Princess Noor Bint Asem Ben Nayef, in a private family affair held at King Abdul [...]	2003-09-04 05:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR OVIP JO
03AMMAN5663	GOJ REQUESTS STATUS REPORT ON JORDANIAN PRISONERS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Jordan's MFA sent to the Embassy on August 28 a diplomatic note requesting a status report on Jordanian prisoners and detainees held in Iraqi jails. 3. (SBU) Begin text of note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its complime [...]	2003-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN5763	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] As requested in reftel, post is providing additional information on child labor in Jordan. Ministry of Labor (MOL) officials informed post that they are aware of DOL reporting requirements and recently provided clarifications on three issues in the 2002 DOL child labor report through the Jorda [...]	2003-09-09 07:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5792	VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. HAKAM AL HADIDI, PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY AND DR. MARWAN OBEIDAT, DEAN OF STUDENTS AFFAIRS, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER 11- 22, 2003. 2. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DR. AL HADIDI FOLLOWS: PREFIX: DR. [...]	2003-09-10 05:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5793	VOLVIS PROGRAM ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM, CIVIC [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. RAED QAQISH FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM, MEMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FROM OCTOBER 20-30, 2003. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: PREFIX: MR. F-NAME: RAED M-NAME: K. L-NAME: QAQISH M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 1355 M-CITY: AL SALT 1911 [...]	2003-09-10 05:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5905	American Studies Books For Amman [...] Post would like to re-confirm request for two sets of "Library of America" and two sets of "Gale Collection", the first set of each to be provided by ECA/A/E/USS as noted in emails. Funding information for the second of each set included below. 2. Post understands costs for second sets as f [...]	2003-09-14 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OIIP JO
03AMMAN5907	PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY IN FOLEY TRIAL [...] (U) The state security court trial of five suspects in the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley resumed on September 2 and 9 with the appearance of several more witnesses for the prosecution. The first round of prosecution witnesses appeared before the court on September [...]	2003-09-14 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5940	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER [...] (U) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 15 individuals with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets worldwide, according to press reports on September 13. Military [...]	2003-09-15 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5943	JORDAN IV DENIED ENTRY TO U.S. [...] (U) While the Department correctly notes the difficulties facing some students in fulfilling NSEERS requirement (reftel),other travelers bearing different visa classifications can also get caught up in the system. A recent experience by a Jordanian contact traveling under the International V [...]	2003-09-16 04:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CLOK PREL KPAO JO
03AMMAN6185	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-28 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6222	Jordan-Iraq Aviation Issues Reviewed [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jordanian Transportation Minister told CPA transportation advisors that Jordan wishes to cooperate in rebuilding the Iraqi aviation sector. Jordan is ready to provide training to Iraqi CAA and airline employees and to work with CPA to return or dispose of Iraqi aircraft [...]	2003-09-29 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFIN PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN6289	REQUEST FOR SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT PAROLE [...] Name: Rehaief, Hussein Oda (as written in English in passport: Hoseen A Rehaif) 2. DPOB: 16 August 1974; Basra, Iraq (per passport) 3. Justification: Mr. Hussein Rehaief is the brother of Mohammed Rehaief, who rendered invaluable assistance to the United States Government during Operat [...]	2003-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PHUM JO IZ
03AMMAN6340	MEDIA REACTION ON JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6347	PROSECUTION IN FOLEY TRIAL RESTS; JORDANIAN [...] (U) The final prosecution witnesses in the case of five individuals accused of assassinating USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court on October 1. The witnesses included a Jordanian Telecom employee who traced the calls of the primary suspect, Libyan national Salem Bin Suweid, a sec [...]	2003-10-02 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN6391	USPTO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING - JORDAN [...] Embassy nominates two Jordanian government officials to participate in the USPTO Visiting Scholars Program. The Embassy USAID mission plans to provide travel and per diem assistance for these candidates. 2. Post nominates: Ms. Zein Al-Awamaleh, Director Office of International Indust [...]	2003-10-06 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR OTRA
03AMMAN6394	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI RAID ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6411	JORDAN: BLUE LANTERN END USE PROGRAM [...] (U) Embassy Amman designates Econoff Richard C. Donovan as the new permanent Embassy Blue Lantern contact. Mr. Donovan's contact information is a follows: Richard C. Donovan Economic Officer Tel: 011-962-6-592-0101, ext. 2659 or 2558 Fax: 011-962-6-592-7653 unclass email: DonovanRC@state. [...]	2003-10-07 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JO
03AMMAN6445	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6451	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Post Military Assistance Program office (MAP) personnel have inquired discreetly about the end use of the commando rifles for which PM/DTCC has received the subject license application. We can confirm that the rifles are destined to Jordan's counter-terrorism (CT) forces. Given that CT f [...]	2003-10-08 06:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC JO
03AMMAN6490	MEDIA REACTION ON TURKISH FORCES TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6504	JORDAN: FY04 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Summary. Post recommends that $20 million in FY04 P.L. 480 Title I funds be set aside for a concessional loan that will help the government of Jordan procure U.S. wheat, with proceeds from the local sale of the wheat being used to fund agricultural productivity and rural development pro [...]	2003-10-09 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN6506	JORDAN: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) As requested in a memorandum dated September 23, 2003 from OPIC Applications Officer Sharon Williams, the Embassy has reviewed the application for up to $300 million in OPIC Political Risk Investment Insurance for an "Aqaba Special Economic Zone" project that was submitted to OPIC by Cit [...]	2003-10-09 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV JO
03AMMAN6522	WHEN JORDAN RUMBLES, THINGS MIGHT CRUMBLE [...] (U) Summary. Although Jordan's history is littered with seismic activity, Jordanian officials and builders believe that present building codes are insufficient to protect residential buildings and public structures from an earthquake, with potentially major humanitarian consequences. While [...]	2003-10-13 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID JO
03AMMAN6562	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6580	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6604	SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 08:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREF JO
03AMMAN6613	MEDIA RECTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6683	FOLEY ASSASSINATION DEFENDANTS, ABU SAYYAF CLAIM [...] (U) Jordan's state security court heard three separate cases involving suspects involved in anti-U.S. activity on October 13-15. On October 15, five men accused in the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court to proclaim their innocence, claiming that Jordanian secur [...]	2003-10-20 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC JO
03AMMAN67	ARMORED GLASS REQUEST [...] Regional Refugee Coordinator requests replacement windows (all windows) for the following vehicle. Refcoord also requests DS/PSP/DEAV authorized installation team install windshields at post during installation of previously requested State windshields. Please obligate to the following fun [...]	2003-01-06 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ASUP AMGT PREF JO
03AMMAN6706	UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA [...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...]	2003-10-21 07:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
03AMMAN6710	REVISED - CORRECTED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Amman-based Regional English Language Officer (RELO) John Turek and RELO Assistant Salwa Rihani request country clearance for their upcoming TDY in Beirut November 2 - 7, 2003. RELO Tureks' title is Attach and holds top security clearance. 2. Justification for [...]	2003-10-21 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN6716	MEDIA REACTION 10/21/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6734	ASKING GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN TO ACCEPT NEW IRAQI [...] (U) On October 20, Consul and Political Counselor met with Mr. Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer al-Zoubi, MFA Private Office action officer on Iraq to present reftel talking points and non-paper on Government of Jordan (GOJ) recognition of new Ir [...]	2003-10-22 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN6741	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] PolCouns delivered dip note, CV, and ref talking points on the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture October 20 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Ayed promised to study the U.S. request and provide a considered re [...]	2003-10-22 10:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL US JO
03AMMAN6746	MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6820	American Corners In The Middle East [...] Post requests 4 (four) American Corners collections and supporting equipment to be hosted at the institutions listed individually below. Post estimates the cost of each Corner at approximately USD 102,000 based on module costs provided by IRO and current procurement costs of equipment and su [...]	2003-10-26 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP
03AMMAN6833	INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S NEW [...] NEW JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER FAISAL AL FAYEZ, ALONG WITH A NEW CABINET, WAS SWORN IN ON OCTOBER 25. MR. AL FAYEZ IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "ELECTION CAMPAIGN" IN 1988. 2. THREE CONTINUING CABINET MEMBERS ARE ALSO ALUMNI OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: --H.E. DR. AHMAD [...]	2003-10-26 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC JO
03AMMAN687	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] In accordance with reference cable, paragraph 17, original subject hard copy data was dispatched from AmEmbassy Amman on 02/02/2003 via registered pouch mail. Document registration number: 2927118. 2. POC this cable is Mr. Roland Elliott, POL OMS, (962) 6 592 0101, ext 2591. GNEHM [...]	2003-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON UNESCO POL UN
03AMMAN6912	Media Training Workshop combines Iraqi, [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman, in cooperation with PA Jerusalem and Baghdad organized a three-day workshop (October 6-8) on "Relations between Journalists and Media Officials." Boosting PA Amman's ongoing media professional [...]	2003-10-27 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN6934	RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO
03AMMAN6935	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 07:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7003	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7087	DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points, non-paper and draft resolution October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri responded that reform of the First Committee was desirable and that Jordan would carefully [...]	2003-10-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP JO UNGA CDG UNDC
03AMMAN7089	ADVOCATING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF [...] While receiving reftel points on October 28, Ministry of Agriculture Director's Assistant for Plant Protection Mohammad Kateh-Bader noted that he was reviewing extensive technical comments on living modified organisms (LMO's),including from the U.S. and the EU. We left with him reftel non-p [...]	2003-10-30 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO JO FAO WTO
03AMMAN7157	MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 10:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7187	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE DAMASCUS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 11:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7239	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7276	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7291	CUSTOMS DEMARCHE ON CLASSIFICATIONS [...] In answer to reftel demarches regarding HST coding of three products, the Government of Jordan Customs Department replied November 5 that it "will support the positions of the United States" at the 32nd session of the Harmonized System Committee in Brussels. Each product mentioned "falls und [...]	2003-11-06 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JO
03AMMAN7293	JORDAN: IRAQI INTERIM TRAVEL DOCUMENT (ITD),NEW [...] (U) On November 5, Consul and Political Counselor met with Mr. Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer al-Zoubi, MFA Private Office action officer on Iraq, to present Ref A talking points and non-paper on Iraqi Interim Travel Documents (ITD). Both offi [...]	2003-11-06 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN7297	SAMIR AL-RIFAI APPOINTED ROYAL COURT MINISTER [...] (U) King Abdallah appointed Royal Court Secretary General Samir Zeid al-Rifai to succeed Faisal al-Fayez as Minister of the Royal Court on November 4. Rifai is son of Zeid al-Rifai, speaker of the Upper House of Parliament and former Prime Minister. Rifai, 37, has worked in the Royal Court [...]	2003-11-06 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR JO
03AMMAN7339	AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON REACTIONS TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN741	FOUR NEW TITLES FROM THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM [...] THE AMMAN BOOK PROGRAM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW TITLES: "WATER FOR THE FUTURE: THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP, ISRAEL AND JORDAN" BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, "ISLAM, GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE" BY YVONNE YAZBEK HADDAD AND JOHN ESPOSITO (EDS),"CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT: CAUSES, CONS [...]	2003-02-03 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO IIP
03AMMAN7420	AMMAN, MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7422	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR JO UNGA
03AMMAN7430	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN7495	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN7526	ELEVEN EXCHANGE VISITOR ALUMNI APPOINTED MEMBERS OF [...] HM KING ABDULLAH APPOINTED A NEW SENATE TO THE UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ON NOVEMBER 17, 2003. ELEVEN OF THE FIFTY-FIVE SENATORS ARE ALUMNI OF THE EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM, INCLUDED FOUR WOMEN AND THREE JOURNALISTS. --H.E. DR. ABDUL SALAM MAJALI, FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFEN [...]	2003-11-20 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC JO
03AMMAN7648	DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-23 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA
03AMMAN765	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM [...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...]	2003-02-04 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP JO

03AMMAN77	RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] (U) The State Security Court on January 5 upheld the death penalty conviction of Jordanian-American Raed Hijazi for conspiring to bomb tourist sites in Jordan during the Millennium celebrations. An Embassy Legal contact has confirmed press reports that Hijazi will be able to appeal the decisi [...]	2003-01-06 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CASC PTER JO
03AMMAN780	Jordan Requests FDA Assessment Team [...] (u) Embassy Amman received a letter from Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Walid Ma'ani to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson requesting assistance in developing Jordan's capacity to support a research-based pharmaceutical industry. The request follows successful meetings between Trade Minister Salah [...]	2003-02-05 07:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID KIPR JO
03AMMAN7813	JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...]	2003-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN7849	MEDIA REACTION ON THE GENEVA DOCUMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-03 11:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7850	MEPI "YOUNG AMBASSADORS STUDY OF THE U.S. [...] MS. LAILA YOUNES CONFIRMS HER PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT CONFERENCE. 2. TRAVEL ITINERARY FOLLOWS: --JANUARY 8, AMMAN - CAIRO VIA RJ 505 AT 1035/1200. PLEASE MEET AND ASSIST. --JANUARY 12, CAIRO - AMMAN VIA RJ 506 AT 1300/1415. 3. COST OF ROUND TRIP TICKET AMMAN-CAIRO-AMMAN IS JORDANI [...]	2003-12-03 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN7880	SELECTION FOR PD LES EXCHANGES TRAINING PROGRAM, [...] Amman Public Affairs Section is nominating Ms. Zena Nasereddin Cultural Affairs Assistant to attend the PD LES Exchanges Training Program, February 21 to March 18, 2004. 2. Following is Ms. Nasereddin's information: A. Name:(as it should appear on FSI's travel order cable) Zena Nasereddi [...]	2003-12-04 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AFIN APER AFSN AFSI
03AMMAN7887	MEDIA REACTION ON THE GENEVA DOCUMENT, MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7906	MAP-JORDAN REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE FUNDING TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 17:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MAP
03AMMAN7970	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MAP
03AMMAN7974	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES [...] ON 5 MARCH 2003 JAF SUBMITTED A LETTER OF REQUEST (LOR) FOR A LETTER OF OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE (LOA) FOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT. THE HIGH FREQUENCY JAMMING SYSTEM AND THE THREE-STATION DIRECTIONAL FINDING (DF) SYSTEM WERE BOTH DETERMINED NOT TO BE RELEASABLE TO JORDAN WITHOUT REVIEW AND [...]	2003-12-09 06:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MAP
03AMMAN8021	HIJAZI WILL APPEAL THIRD DEATH SENTENCE; ABU [...] (U) Two high-profile terrorism-related cases resumed in Jordan's State Security Court this week. For the third time, the court on December 8 sentenced Jordanian-American citizen Ra'ed Hijazi to death for his role in plotting anti-U.S. attacks during the millennial celebrations in Jordan in [...]	2003-12-09 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN8050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POLICE TRAINING IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8123	COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES, AND ORDERS THE RELEASE [...] (U) The State Security Court on December 10 convicted five men of sabotage and possession of explosive material for a plot dating back five years. The court sentenced a sixth man involved in the group, known as "Reform and Challenge," to four years for complicity in plotting subversive acts [...]	2003-12-11 18:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN8171	RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF DECEMBER 9, 2003 AND JORDAN TELEVISION REPORTED ON DECEMBER 8, 2003, THAT THE STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCED JORDANIAN-AMERICAN RAED HIJAZI TO DEATH FOR THE THIRD TIME ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING SUBVERSIVE ACTS IN JORDAN AND MANUFACUTRING EXPLOSIVES AND FOR THE POSSESSION [...]	2003-12-15 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN8175	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8254	OUTCOME OF SUCCESS STORIES INITIATIVE IN JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: LAST SEPTEMBER (FY03),THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN AMMAN PARTICIPATED IN A STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF U.S. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN MEDIA (TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND INTERNET),10 U.S.-FUN [...]	2003-12-17 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO OIIP ECPS OEXC JO KMDR EAID PREF
03AMMAN8293	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN8312	IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...]	2003-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
03AMMAN8321	ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...]	2003-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8347	ORDERING THE NEW PRINT PUBLICATION "U.S. [...] POST WOULD LIKE TO ORDER 225 COPIES OF THE ARABIC EDITION OF SUBJECT TITLE AND 175 OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE SUBJECT TITLE FOR A TOTAL COST OF U.S. DOLLARS 380. 2. PLEASE CHARGE THE ORDER AND SHIPPING COST TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL DATA: APPROPRIATION: 1940113.0 [...]	2003-12-21 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC
03AMMAN839	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN841	PROPOSED JORDANIAN REPRESENTATIVES OCC REGULATORY [...] (U) As per reftel, post is conveying the Central Bank of Jordan nominations for representatives for the OCC Regulatory and Examination Assistance Course. They are: Arafat H. al-Fayoumi, Senior Financial Analyst, Ibrahim Q. al-Naser, Inspector, and Esam I. Qaqish, Inspector. E-mail address i [...]	2003-02-06 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SNAR KCOG KCRM JO
03AMMAN8412	BRIEFING ON LIBYA WMD PROGRAMS: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LY JO
03AMMAN8467	PROMOTING MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Summary. Embassy and USAID Amman would like to alert our counterparts in Morocco and Bahrain to a January 21- 22 retreat of the "TIJARA" public-private partnership initiative for promoting trade and investment under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. We thought these posts might find it [...]	2003-12-24 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID BEXP KMPI KPAO JO
03AMMAN8520	Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing the influence of African Americans in Popular American Music. 2. We expect an audience of 60 - 70 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of st [...]	2003-12-29 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN854	PD FSN TRAINING PROGRAM AT FSI, CURRENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO APER AFSN AFSI
03AMMAN859	ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref),political FSN spoke at length with a middle aged Iraqi woman, who fumed about the hypocrisy of her Arab brethren and hoped that war would soon sweep away Saddam and the misery besetting her [...]	2003-02-06 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI
03AMMAN876	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-09 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN878	Request for a DVC Series on the Arts [...] Summary: Post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a new series of DVCs on the Arts for FY 2003. The series will be conducted in coordination with the newly established College of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan and will serve to educate and introduce the students at t [...]	2003-02-09 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN899	U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE FEBRUARY 2003 AHLC [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-10 08:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KPAL JO KWGB
03AMMAN902	Order for Earth Day 2003 Poster [...] Post wishes to order ten 10-poster packages for the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Please use APO shipment: CAO Donna Winton American Embassy Amman Cultural Affairs Office APO AE 09892 2. Please charge the cost of U.S. dollars 65 for th [...]	2003-02-10 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN938	Jordan Media Training: Workshop on Feature and [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, veteran journalist Gil Butler conducted a 3-day "feature and analytical writing" workshop for Jordanian journalists January 21-23. The program was part of PAS Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization [...]	2003-02-10 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO XF JO
03AMMAN939	NOMINATING REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE [...] AMMAN-BASED REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFICE - PA NOMINATES MS. SALWA RIHANI, RELO ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. 2. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED IN PARA 5 AND 6 PER REFTEL IS AS FOLLOWS: - LAST NAME, FIRST NAME: RIHANI, SALWA - POST AND OFFICE [...]	2003-02-10 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN940	IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...]	2003-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO
03AMMAN941	SUBJECT: TV CO-OP PROPOSAL: BILATERAL AND [...] Summary: Embassy Amman proposes a TV Co-op with a three-person crew from Jordan Television, the government-owned and sole local television station in Jordan, to produce original news features in the United States on the role of the Arab and Jordanian community in the United States, with spec [...]	2003-02-10 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03ANKARA1040	TURKISH RESPONSE ON TRIPS MORATORIUM [...] Econoff delivered ref B demarche to MFA and the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Oya Karakas, MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Economic Affairs, provided us with the following response to Ambassador Zoellick's December letter urging other countries to join the TRIPS Moratorium on Febru [...]	2003-02-13 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
03ANKARA1069	Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs [...] Turkey officially announced the temporary suspension until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had been implemented on January 3, 2003.(Refs A&B) The announcement was published in the "Official Gazette" on Tuesday, February 18. The suspension will be retroactive to January 3, [...]	2003-02-18 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA1074	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-18 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1077	TURKISH RESPONSE ON WTO NON-MARKET ACCESS PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-18 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU WTO
03ANKARA1094	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1097	TURKEY: 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian heroin moving to European markets. Turkish law enforcement agencies attach a high priority to interdiction, although they face serious resource constraints in keeping up with the technology traffickers use in their operations and communicati [...]	2003-02-19 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA1126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...]	2003-02-24 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1214	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT's ambitious $4 billion privatization plan for 2003 is moving forward, with some positive and negative developments. On the positive side, three large state companies (TEKEL, PETKIM, TUPRAS) are slated for sale in the first half of 2003: PETKIM's tender is already out [...]	2003-02-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1232	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1304	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, JAN. - FEB. [...] Proposed environmental law withdrawn 2. WSSD Follow-up 3. Euros 126 million for accession preparation 4. Law on membership goes into effect 5. REC plans for Turkey move forward 6. Municipal recycling postponed 7. Possible source of Hepatitis B and C in Ankara -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-27 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPAO TU
03ANKARA1313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 07:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1359	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1380	USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...]	2003-03-04 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP
03ANKARA1386	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1393	THE GLOBE PROGRAM: TURKEY'S VIEWS [...] Embassy met with GLOBE national coordinator Fatma Baykal 2/7 to explore ways to energize program activities. Baykal advised that despite great interest in the program, the Ministry of National Education (MONE) is no longer able to implement the program as fully as it would like. Baykal advis [...]	2003-03-04 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TSPL TPHY KGLB KPAO TU
03ANKARA1401	KDP ANKARA OFFICE ATTACKED, NO INJURIES, MINOR [...] Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Ankara staff member Omar Merani called Operation Northern Watch POLAD early March 5 to report that the night of March 4, the building housing the KDP's Ankara office was attacked with two molotov cocktails. Merani said one of the bottles exploded against the ext [...]	2003-03-05 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CASC ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA1411	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-05 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1420	GOT SYMPOSIUM: "RESTRUCTURING THE CIVIL SERVICE" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Gul opened a two-day symposium Feb. 22-23 to support civil service reform. Turkish academics and union leaders participated on panels reviewing the cultural, economic and legal barriers to revising the Turkish civil service and suggested possible changes, b [...]	2003-03-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB TU
03ANKARA1461	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1488	TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT [...] According to unofficial election results as released by Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party swept all three seats in March 9 repeat of parliamentary election in Siirt province. The elections were re-run owing to electoral irregularities in Siirt during the Nov. 3 natio [...]	2003-03-09 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1508	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA152	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1533	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-11 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1567	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1625	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO: ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S. [...] Poloffs delivered ref (A) demarche March 13 to MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Cultural Affairs, Gulseren Celik. Celik expressed appreciation for USG's impending re-entry to UNESCO. She stated GOT will give due consideration to Turkish support of USG candidacy to UNESCO Executive Bo [...]	2003-03-14 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FR TU
03ANKARA1635	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Post Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans 2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations "Djindjic was victimized by foreign intervention" Ferai Tinc commented on the assassination of the Serbian leader in mass appeal Hurriyet (3/14): "Djindjic was killed on the eve of a meeting to shape Ko [...]	2003-03-14 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1637	TURKEY WILL NOT JOIN INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-14 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV TU IWC
03ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1705	GOT Response on WTO Services Negotiations [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA1782	TURKS REPLY ON SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On March 17 polmiloff received a call from Oya Ergin of the MFA NATO Department. She informed that the GOT had almost completed its review of the Reftel text we had provided on October 16, 2002. When the review is complete, Post e [...]	2003-03-20 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA1790	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON ICAO MARKET LIBERALIZATION [...] Economic officer delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of Aviation Department Bekir Uysal on March 18. Bekir noted that the GOT would not be sending a delegation to the March 24-29 ICAO Conference. PEARSON [...]	2003-03-20 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD
03ANKARA1791	TURKISH AIRLINES SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
03ANKARA1792	NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...]	2003-03-20 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR
03ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1964	GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP [...] Action request--para 5. 2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu provided us additional information for 2003 TIP report: (1) GOT TIP National Action Plan (NAP) and (2) GOT responses to TIP-related questions from post (ref B). Both have been sent ref (B). 3. Under th [...]	2003-03-26 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1974	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2015	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2021	ADDENDUM TO 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) There has been no change in the status of INL-funded vehicles provided to the Turkish Grain Board (TMO),dogs provided for Turkish Customs, computers for Turkish Customs and TMO, and intercept equipment for the Turkish National Police (TNP) since report made in reftel B. Regarding the st [...]	2003-03-27 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2022	OESI PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: BLACK SEA LONG-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS
03ANKARA2044	TURKEY APPROVES RESEARCH VESSEL "KNORR" REQUEST TO [...] This cable is in reference to State file 200Z-097, R/V Knorr, April 15 - May 16, 2003. 2. The Foreign Ministry has granted permission for the research vessel 'Knorr' to conduct scientific research in the Western Black Sea from April 15 - May 15. The approval came in the form of the foll [...]	2003-03-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SENV TU
03ANKARA2059	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2101	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]	2003-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2119	WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...]	2003-03-31 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2135	IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC IZ TU
03ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2195	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]	2003-04-04 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2198	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2234	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2287	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2003 [...] Toxic Waste Update 2. Parliament Rings up "NO SALE" of Forests 3. First EIA Guidelines for Provinces 4. REC Update 5. Big Izmir Channel Project Gets Bigger --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2003-04-09 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA2303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA2319	MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR U.S.-TURKISH JUDICIAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS [...] Two years of patience, persistence and cooperation among Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful conclusion to a remarkable series of legal exchanges. By the end of 2002, nearly 600 Turkish jurists had participated in discussions and workshops, debating solutions to problems w [...]	2003-04-10 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU
03ANKARA2320	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH [...] Embassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support for its candidacies in the UNESCO elections at the 32nd session of the General Conference in October 2003. Text in para 2. 2. Text of GOT diplomatic note: (Complimen [...]	2003-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2333	TURKEY: MEASURES TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MOPS
03ANKARA2335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2344	TURKEY MAKES GOOD PROGRESS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES [...] Summary. With 71 wetlands of "international importance," 175 lowland wetlands and 1,000 alpine wetlands, Turkey hosts one of the most significant collections of wetlands in Europe and the Middle East. The development of its first five-year national plan and the implementation of its first we [...]	2003-04-11 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV GG TU
03ANKARA2347	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]	2003-04-11 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2351	OSCE MEETING ON ANTI-SEMITISM: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2366	DEMARCHE FOR APRIL 14 EU FMS MEETING: TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU EUN
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2376	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2432	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2457	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2495	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY DESIGNATES CHECHEN/OTHER [...] (SBU) On April 12, the GOT published a Council of Ministers decree that formally designates 20 groups/individuals as terrorist financiers. The decision foresees freezing bank and non-bank assets, and gives the Ministry of Finance jurisdiction over the enforcement and investigation of this ma [...]	2003-04-16 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU
03ANKARA2503	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2542	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-10 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2646	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2664	TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD BRIBERY CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOT Parliament ratified the OECD Bribery Convention in 2000, but did not ratify the implementing legislation until January 2, 2003. This makes Turkey the last of the 35 signatories to the Convention to ratify laws that make it a crime to bribe foreign officials in internatio [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU
03ANKARA2667	TURKISH MFA PLEASED WITH FREE MOVEMENT OF GREEK [...] (SBU) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan summoned EU and US reps to discuss the free movement of Greek and Turkish Cypriots that began on the island April 23. Apakan claimed that "TRNC President" Denktas has suggested the policy and that the GOT had supported it from the beginning. According to A [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2712	TURKISH ENVIRONMENT NGOS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [...] Summary. Many of the 30 Turkish NGOs and other organizations participating in a recent UNDP meeting in Ankara expressed concern over the Black Sea coastal environment, their limited participation in environmental management, and several proposed environmental laws and regulations. They expr [...]	2003-04-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TBIO TU
03ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-28 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2819	TURKEY SEEKS SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV TU
03ANKARA284	TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL BORDER CONTROL [...] Embassy Ankara received correspondence dated December 4 from the Turkish Under Secretary for Customs requesting additional radiation detection equipment be provided for Turkish borders. Embassy notes that the current NP/NDF program completed its last installations in December 2002. The Turks [...]	2003-01-13 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC ASEC TU
03ANKARA2847	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2853	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2003 [...] Update on merger of Environment and Forest ministries 2. Turkish scientists receive satellite data 3. Broad-based committee sets S&T priorities 4. Water basin management in Turkey 5. Lessons learned from water user associations 6. The chatter on WWF-Turkey 7. Ankara lawyers mark [...]	2003-05-01 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA286	TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2865	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2870	ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE IN KOREA: TURKEY [...] (U) Sun Kim, Second Secretary at the Korean Embassy in Ankara, said his Embassy recently sent its formal invitation to the GOT for the 3rd Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, to be held in Seoul May 29-31. He said the Korean Embassy did not receive instructions from Seoul to jointly approach [...]	2003-05-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU OECD
03ANKARA2898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2984	TURKEY AND IDEF: SUPPORT FOR STRONG DOD ATTENDANCE [...] The Embassy supports and encourages direct senior-level Department of Defense participation in the sixth International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) that will be held in Ankara, Turkey, September 30-October 3, 2003. 2. Given the current economic situation in Turkey [...]	2003-05-07 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3062	U.S. Sumbissions on Antidumping, Subsidies and [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 06:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
03ANKARA3085	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN [...] ACTION REQUEST - PARA 4. 2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657 dated May 5 requesting USG support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for Rwanda at the United Nations General Assembly in June 2003 in New York. The body of the diplomatic note is as fol [...]	2003-05-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO TU UN
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3097	LETTER FROM FM GUL TO AMB PEARSON THANKING USG FOR [...] Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sends a letter to Ambassador Pearson dated May 8, 2003. Following is the text of the letter received by the Embassy on May 12, 2003. Begin Text: 2. Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would like to express my appreciation to you personally and to the Governm [...]	2003-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA31	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-02 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3173	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-16 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3287	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA33	U/S TAYLOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH GOT ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In his talks in Ankara December 28 and 29, Treasury Under Secretary Taylor several times stressed the need for the GOT to implement economic reform, specifying the 2003 primary budget surplus, resolution of two large banks, and implementation of the Public Procurement Law as thr [...]	2003-01-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3305	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3481	ANKARA OSAC DISCUSSES SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY [...] RSO, CONS and FCS hosted a reconstituted OSAC Country Council on 5/27/03 to discuss the critical nature of the global terrorist threat and the focus on "soft" targets. RSO provided an overview of the historical terrorist threat in Turkey, the worldwide threat from Al-Qa'ida and its network o [...]	2003-05-28 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KSAC PTER
03ANKARA3504	TURKS DECLINE OFFER FOR SECOND TRANCHE OF ANTHRAX [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-29 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA3524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA358	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3677	MANPADS AIRPORT ASSESSMENT IN TURKEY [...] PER REFTEL, TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SECURITY ERDAL UGUR TOLD ECONOFF THAT THE TURKISH DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA) WOULD BE PLEASED TO CONDUCT A JOINT MANPADS ASSESSMENT WITH THE TRANSPORT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) AT ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT. UGUR SAID [...]	2003-06-06 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC ECON TU
03ANKARA3729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA373	USG SUPPORTS MANDIL FOR IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET AORC TU IEA OECD
03ANKARA3748	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3753	TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]	2003-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3777	Request for Guidance on Iraq-Turkey Civair [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. This cable contains an action request for the Department in para 4. 3. CENTAF contacted Embassy's Assistant Air Attache in connection with the objective of establishing agreements allowing civilian air traffic control between Turkey and Iraq. Wi [...]	2003-06-11 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3797	Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA3798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3896	BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU
03ANKARA3911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3914	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN UN HOSTED TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3937	TURKEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS NEEDS TO BE [...] Summary. Even though Turkey's environmental laws are written to produce environmentally sound economic development, regulations fall short of providing the uniform standards and technical criteria for preparing environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The government's technical staff is insuf [...]	2003-06-19 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TU
03ANKARA3958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-19 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3997	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4031	GOT APPROVES REVISED SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA on June 24, confirming that the SEEBRIG assurances requested of the GOT (reftel) are acceptable to the GOT and that its note constitutes an agreement between the USG and the GOT. Embassy Ankara has reviewed the diplomatic note and [...]	2003-06-24 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR TU MASS
03ANKARA4033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4098	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL 23 [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG approval to sell US-origin H-300 helicopters to "Air Consult" located in Kurttepe, Adana. This the second diplomatic note we have received from t [...]	2003-06-26 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA4105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4121	WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: RECENT IMPROVEMENTS [...] Summary. Turkey's wastewater resources infrastructure serves its metropolitan populations sufficiently but is unable to provide adequate sanitation services in rural areas. Most wastewater is disposed of untreated in bodies of water. Although the number of wastewater treatment facilities i [...]	2003-06-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4130	THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners in three of the most dynamic business cities of the country. The venues are the headquarters of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in those cities. We believe that the venues are on [...]	2003-06-27 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KIRC
03ANKARA4131	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4160	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL MURAT [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on this submarine re-transfer request. This is the third diplomatic note we have received from the MFA regarding this case. The first two [...]	2003-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA417	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-16 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4170	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MAY-JUNE 2003 [...] Illegal fishing plagues Black and Azov seas 2. International team of scientists explore the Black Sea aboard the Research Vessel Knorr 3. "Blue Flags" for Turkey's safe and clean beaches 4. No change in winter air quality for big cities 5. Ambassador salutes environmental education [...]	2003-07-01 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPAO TU
03ANKARA4171	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4177	STATUS OF HIV/AIDS: LOW PREVALENCE, LOW PRIOIRTY [...] Post used the delivery of Ref A materials on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to obtain updated information on HIV/AIDS in Turkey from the Ministry of Health (MOH),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Population Fund. The institutions appreciated receiving the materials, acknowl [...]	2003-07-01 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4178	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-02 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4217	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-03 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4237	TURKISH PRESS SLAMS US DETENTION OF TURKISH [...] Public reaction and rhetoric about the Turkish SF detained in Iraq continues to mount in Turkey as evidenced by increasingly large demonstrations at our missions and more vociferous statements to the press by government officials. Headlines in July 6 major Turkish newspapers -- "The Ugly [...]	2003-07-07 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA4268	Turkish Airlines Applies for Service to [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. MFA notified the Embassy on July 8 that Turkish Airlines (THY) had applied to the Coalition Provisional Authority to resume flights to Baghdad effective September 1, 2003. If approved, THY would operate flights four times per week from Istanbul (detail [...]	2003-07-08 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4318	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4332	58TH UNGA: TURKISH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA4349	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4384	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4392	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA4414	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA4426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4464	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4546	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4547	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),[...]	2003-07-21 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4548	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4553	Turkey Plans to Accede to WIPO Internet [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging accession to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) and Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) to Oya Karakas, MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Economic Affairs, on July 18. Karakas responded that Turkey i [...]	2003-07-21 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4554	GOT Leaning Toward Support for U.S. Position [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA462	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4621	TURKISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES ANTI-TIP CIRCULAR [...] In a significant step to further implementation of Turkish laws and policy combating trafficking in persons, the Interior Ministry (MOI) recently issued a circular to all governors and senior security officials -- including the Jandarma -- calling for tougher implementation of existing regulat [...]	2003-07-23 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4654	GOT Intends to Participate in Kimberley [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD TU
03ANKARA4655	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4656	Turkey Not Yet a Party to the ICCAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV
03ANKARA466	Turkey Now on Both Sides of GSM Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: After hearing about the benefits of USDA credit guarantee program from the Turkish private sector, the Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade seems to have softened their opposition to the U.S. proposal on export credits. However they remain concerned that the program' [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4700	Turkey Restrict Street Vendors to Combat [...] Meeting with Econoff and Econ Specialist July 23, Gunay Gormez, Deputy Director General for Copyright Issues at the Turkish Ministry of Culture, informed us that the GOT had stepped up intellectual property rights enforcement in recent weeks. Provincial auditing commissions had received addit [...]	2003-07-24 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4716	Iraq-Turkey Civilian Aviation Agreement Signed [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. On July 24, Danielle L. Barnes, representing the Baghdad Area Control Center (ACC),and Celalettin Bozkurt, Chief of the Ankara ACC, signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on operational procedures for coordinating and routing air traffic. Joseph T. Fetsch, [...]	2003-07-25 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4737	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4755	TURKISH ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Foreign Ministry officials have advised that the GOT would pledge $5 million in assistance to Iraq this year. That pledge includes $1 million to the UN under the Flash Appeal, with the remainder to fund bilateral assistance, including through the Tu [...]	2003-07-28 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IZ TU
03ANKARA4761	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-28 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4765	HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-28 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC
03ANKARA4777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4818	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4867	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-08 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5209	TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA
03ANKARA5227	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-22 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-19 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5326	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's new labor law, drafted to conform with European Union law, became effective June 10, 2003. It prohibits all employment of children under the age of fifteen; fifteen-year olds who have completed their primary education may be employed in "light positions." Fifteen-year [...]	2003-08-20 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID TU
03ANKARA5356	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5415	MTCR PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU
03ANKARA5416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5438	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5456	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-28 04:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5530	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5548	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5637	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5643	Demarche on ICAO Air Navigation Conference [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TU
03ANKARA5668	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5683	Demarche on Geographical Indications and the [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA5701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5750	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5753	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: FINAL ADDITIONS TO [...] (U) Turkish MFA UN Head Kaya submitted final high-level attendance list for the Turkish delegation to the 58th UNGA. Per ref (A) format: C. (Updated information) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will depart Istanbul on TK 0001 at 11:35 and arrive New Yor [...]	2003-09-10 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA5774	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG TU
03ANKARA5780	TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5807	GUL-SHALOM OCTOBER 5 LETTER [...] (U) The Israeli Embassy in Ankara shared with us an unclassified facsimile copy of a letter sent September 5 from SIPDIS Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom. In the letter, Gul expresses concern over: -- the "formidable task" facing the Coali [...]	2003-09-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5836	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-16 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5866	LETTER TO HHS SECRETARY THOMPSON FROM TURKISH [...] Post received Turkish MFA dip note no. 2003/CKGY/360370 requesting embassy to forward a letter to HHS Secretary Thompson from Minister of National Education Huseyin Celik announcing GOT support to the U.S. candidacy to the Executive Board. BEGIN TEXT Tommy G. THOMPSON Secretary of H [...]	2003-09-17 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA5892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-17 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5953	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: ADDITIONAL NAME AND [...] (U). Please correct Ambassador Volkan Bozkir's position to read "Deputy Undersecretary." 2. (U) There will be five security officers accompanying the Turkish delegation. Please add the name of one additional security officer. D. Security Officer: -- Sirin Kose. EDELMAN [...]	2003-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU UNGA UN
03ANKARA5954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5961	TURKEY: MFA DIPNOTE ON SEEBRIG [...] On September 18, 2003, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see para 2 for complete text) on the South Eastern European Brigade (SEEBRIG). Embassy faxed copy of the diplomatic note to OSD's Maria Copson-Niecko in Istanbul. 2. Begin text of MFA no [...]	2003-09-22 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA5966	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5982	Demarche on Montreal Convention Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 09:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TU
03ANKARA6002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6005	Turkish Delegation to Oxford Tracker Workshop [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
03ANKARA6019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6053	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-25 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA611	QUENCHING THE THIRST: WATER FOR TURKEY'S [...] Summary. Turkey has invested $30 billion over the past five decades in a massive water management system that challenges the limitations of its semi-arid climate. As a result, Turkey provides household water supply systems to 70 percent of its population, including 62 percent in rural areas [...]	2003-01-24 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6111	EXBS: REVISED TEXT OF LEGAL AGREEMENT PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA6113	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA612	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA613	LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6306	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]	2003-10-08 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6322	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6344	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6364	LOCAL BUSINESSES LESS EUPHORIC THAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. Recent discussions with business executives in Bursa, Istanbul, Kayseri and Izmir indicate increased optimism about the economic recovery and the AK Government. But business people show none of the euphoria exhibited by the IMF- and politics-focused financial markets. There is wide [...]	2003-10-09 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6365	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6375	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]	2003-10-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6409	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6441	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6445	TERRORIST FINANCE: REDESIGNATION OF FTOS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6446	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON US CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TU
03ANKARA6478	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6479	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6534	SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT -- PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TURKISH COMPANY [...] Istanbul Pol/Econ chief contacted the Al Huda San company, which ref a identified as the company which prior to the war had contracted to ship USD 17,881,020 worth of media equipment to Iraq. He spoke with one company official, Ahmet Cakir, who had been involved in the early stages of the dea [...]	2003-10-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA6540	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS FACILITATION FOR RED CRESCENT [...] This is an Action Request. 2. Embassy Ankara received a faxed diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA around 7:30 PM Friday requesting urgent Embassy assistance to facilitate the travel of a Turkish Red Crescent Society group to Iraq for humanitarian aid purposes. The group is travelling Oc [...]	2003-10-17 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ OTRA PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6614	PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
03ANKARA6618	TERRORIST FINANCE: DAWOOD IBRAHIM (LIST 43) [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6697	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6724	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF THE U.S. IN 58TH UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
03ANKARA6728	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6747	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU ETTC PREL TU
03ANKARA6752	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6772	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6775	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT EAGER TO SUPPORT [...] Regional Environment Officer discussed U.S. position on French-proposed UNEO (reftel) with MFA Environment Office Head Asli Oral. Oral said that the government had been approached by the French Embassy and appreciated hearing the U.S. position. She said the Foreign Ministry was not eager to [...]	2003-10-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV EU TU
03ANKARA6779	SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]	2003-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA6854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6870	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY NOV. 1-3, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------------------- 2. Sabah, Hurriy [...]	2003-11-04 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6891	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY - NOV. 4, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. ---------------------------------- POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-11-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
03ANKARA6909	GOT RESPONDS TO CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA6910	TURKEY ACCEDES TO THE OTTAWA CONVENTION ON [...] During a meeting on another topic, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs confirmed to PolMilOff that Turkey had deposited its instrument of ratification for the Ottawa convention simultaneously with Greece on September 25, 2003. Meric reminded PolMilOff that Turkey was party to every [...]	2003-11-05 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM TU
03ANKARA6919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA694	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6971	LETTER FOR AMB BREMER FROM TURKISH UNION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ETTC PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6994	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6995	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye / Due to [...]	2003-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6996	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] SUBJECT: This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriye [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6997	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Radikal [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA7005	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS WORKING [...] (U) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing efforts to focus GOT officials on trafficking in persons (TIP),we discussed the talking points contained in reftels A, B and C, and particularly the agenda described in reftel B, with Head of Illegal Migration Hayati Soysal. A member of the GOT's Natio [...]	2003-11-07 18:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KSEI KWMN PHUM SMIG TU ZL
03ANKARA7015	GAZIANTEP BUSINESS COMMUNITY: LET'S GET DOWN TO [...] SUMMARY: DPO and the PD FSN visited Gaziantep October 21-24 to become familiarized with the American Corner operation there and meet with local business people. Gaziantep presents itself as a forward-thinking, business-oriented city which seeks to overcome any obstacles to commerce. There a [...]	2003-11-10 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR ECON IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA7019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7033	MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03ANKARA7037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7038	TERRORIST FINANCE: A STOCKTAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA7039	TURKEY PREPARING TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
03ANKARA7040	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER OF USS RAZORBACK: MFA [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. On November 10, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides the GOT's rationale for wanting to transfer title of the vessel USS Razorback in Turkey (the dip note was faxed to EUR/SE November 10). [...]	2003-11-12 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS TU
03ANKARA7051	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has canceled the privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations, because bids submitted were far lower than expected. Though the cancellation is a blow to the privatization program, the government did accept the high bid for the smaller alcohol side of Tekel [...]	2003-11-13 06:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA7070	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7090	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TU
03ANKARA7097	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 46 [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7209	UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN - [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX TU
03ANKARA7242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7253	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: IGC PRESIDENT TALABANI AGREES [...] (SBU) Iraqi Governing Council President Jalal Talabani shared with PolMilOff in Ankara Nov. 20 the text of an agreement (at Para 2) he said he and the IGC/Iraqi Ministers delegation reached Nov. 19 with Turkish Acting Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuzman. Tuzman presented [...]	2003-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL MOPS ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7274	TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH COMPROMISE ON GAS [...] (U) GOT officials have confirmed that BOTAS has reached a compromise with Gazprom's sales company Gazexport, following 11 months of negotiations, but have not made any official announcements detailing the new price, except to state that it was a competitive price, similar to the one applied [...]	2003-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7289	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...]	2003-11-21 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ
03ANKARA7297	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7338	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7360	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7363	PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]	2003-12-02 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7388	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-02 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-03 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7443	TURKEY SUPPORTS PSI AND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] This is an urgent action request. MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric told PolMilOff December 4 that after much consideration the GOT had decided to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Nevertheless, it still had many questions about what partnership entailed. Mer [...]	2003-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA745	ANTI-U.S. E-MAIL CAMPAIGN IN WAKE OF MEDIA [...] In the wake of recent anti-American stories in the Turkish press (RefTels),Embassy has received, via the Embassy web-site, a substantial number of e-mails claiming that the Ambassador and other U.S. officials are "no longer welcome" in Turkey. To date, the Embassy has received around 200 ide [...]	2003-01-29 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC ASEC PTER TU
03ANKARA7491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7492	BLACK SEA STATES TO CREATE NETWORK TO COMBAT AIDS [...] Action Request -- See para 7. 2. Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC),in cooperation with UN agencies, wants to establish a regional network to address the growing risk of an AIDS outbreak in the Black Sea region. The concept has been endorsed by BSEC Foreign Ministers; [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN KHIV SENV SOCI TU
03ANKARA7506	TURKISH FOOD AID TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali told poloff on December 8 that Turkey would provide humanitarian aid to Georgia in the form of food. According to Adali, Georgian Finance Minister Nogaideli had been in contact with the GOT and indicated that Georgia's most urgent need w [...]	2003-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	GG PREL TU
03ANKARA7509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7538	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7580	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7588	TURKEY RATIFIES CLIMATE CHANGE FRAMEWORK [...] Turkey's parliament, the Grand National Assembly, ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Turkey had delayed ratification, because it objected to being included in Annex II of developed countries, which would have obligated Turkey to provide funds for developing count [...]	2003-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA7610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-12 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7757	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7769	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7777	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
03ANKARA7793	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7845	HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT LEVEL CHANGE: TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM and poloff delivered the text of the December 21 Homeland Security Department announcement to Americas Department Deputy Director General Suna Ilicak on December 22. Poloff informed Ilicak that the change was in response to intelligence indicating the possibility of an attack in [...]	2003-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PTER TU
03ANKARA7850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7881	COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK" [...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...]	2003-12-23 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA7933	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7954	TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE ON AL QAIDA TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7972	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA7984	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2003-12-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA87	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA914	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA982	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT TU
03BEIJING18021	DECEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS: WEN'S [...] At the regular semi-weekly press briefing, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao reported on statements made by Premier Wen Jiabao that the objective of his U.S. visit is to "resolve problems" in bilateral relations and not to "engage in trade wars." While asserting that common interests have "outwe [...]	2003-12-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETRD CH KN
03BEIRUT5034	LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER LE
03BELGRADE278	"YUGOSLAVIA" OFFICIALLY DISAPPEARS, GIVES WAY [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND IMPLEMENTATION LAW, THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE UNION OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO." THIRTY FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IMMEDIATELY CEAS [...]	2003-02-04 18:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI
03BELGRADE287	SERBIA AND MONTNEGRO: FEDERAL TRANSITION [...] WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND THE CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION LAW, "YUGOSLAVIA" CEASES TO EXIST AND THE NEW STATE OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" IS ESTABLISHED (SEE REFTEL). HOWEVER, THERE IS FULL CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OLD STATE AND THE NEW STATE. THEREFORE, INSTITUTIONS AND OF [...]	2003-02-05 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR YI
03BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Colombia continues its struggle against the country's three main terrorist organizations ) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- all of which have been designated by the U.S. as Foreign Terr [...]	2003-12-12 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER
03BRASILIA1413	PL 108-7: Survey on Brazilian Fiscal [...] Reftel requests post's response to a survey on fiscal transparency and accountability in order to provide a report required by PL 108-7. Below is response for Brazil, keyed to questionnaire in paragraph 7 of reftel. a. 3. The government publishes a budget with minimum delay. b. Yes, [...]	2003-05-07 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON BR
03BRASILIA2124	Economic Growth Remains Sluggish [...] Summary. The Brazilian economy is showing the sluggish effects of high real interest rates, which were raised in October, 2002 to contain growing inflationary pressure. On a quarterly basis, GDP fell slightly in the first quarter of the year. Annual results are somewhat better, growing 2.2% [...]	2003-07-09 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR
03BRASILIA2364	BRAZIL: NO PUBLIC SIGN OF RETREAT FROM FTAA [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee meeting in San Salvador July 8-11, during which Mercosul unveiled Brazil's 3-track proposal for restructuring negotiations to unenthusiastic Vice-Ministers, public debate in Brazil over the FTAA has been unusually quiet. Itamaraty [...]	2003-07-28 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2546	Central Bank Eases Reserve Requirement [...] The Central Bank (CB) on Friday August 8 reduced its reserve requirement on banks' demand deposits from 60 to 45%. That requirement thus reverts to what had been its long-term level from June 2000 until the CB raised it in February of this year, at the peak of Brazil's recent inflation uncert [...]	2003-08-11 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA2889	Tax Reform: GoB Passes Its Latest Legislative Test [...] SUMMARY: Lula's administration has recorded its latest key legislative win, with the Chamber of Deputies' 378-53 approval of the GoB tax-reform bill on September 4. In so doing, the GoB was compelled to make some relatively minor extra concessions to Brazil's governors. All observers predi [...]	2003-09-08 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA3070	AMORIM BRIEFS CONGRESS ON CANCUN MINISTERIAL [...] ECONFSN attended the September 17 presentation on WTO issues by Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim to the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee after the FM's return from the 9/10-14 Cancun Ministerial. This was FM Amorim's second appearance this month before the Committee at the [...]	2003-09-23 16:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV BR FTAA
03BRASILIA311	DEFINING DTV HITS A BUMP; MISSION STRATEGY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 23, new Minister of Communications Miro Teixeira proposed that the GoB form an inter-ministerial group to study and present findings on the viability of a made-in-Brazil digital television (DTV) standard. The announcement immediately followed Teixeira's review of a [...]	2003-01-29 16:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EINT BR
03BRASILIA320	BRAZILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLS SERVICES [...] This cable responds to questions raised in reftel A regarding regulation of services at the federal and sub-federal level. 2. Brazil is a Federal Republic. Brazil's government is comprised of the Federal Government, 26 state governments, one Federal District government and approximately 5, [...]	2003-01-29 18:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BR WTRO
03BRASILIA3682	BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...]	2003-11-18 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3813	BRAZIL: MORE BUZZING AT BNDES [...] Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) remains in media focus, with totally divergent forecasts as to the fate of its leftist Lula- appointee President, Carlos Lessa. Lessa last week flaunted his lack of remorse over the maverick actions and comments which had rai [...]	2003-12-03 09:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3910	LULA'S PENSION REFORM PASSES. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? [...] After seven-plus months of legislative tussle, Lula's pension-reform bill passed its required second Senate floor vote on December 11 by 51 votes to 24, two votes over the minimum 49 (three-fifths) required. The twelve votes of opposition-party PSDB and PFL senators -- spurred by the fiscal [...]	2003-12-12 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3937	BRAZIL 2002-2003 INCSR: PART II - FINANCIAL [...] Following is the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering section of Brazil's 2002-2003 INCSR. Ref B transmits post's submission of the non-money laundering portion. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is considered a regional financial center. It is not, however, an offshor [...]	2003-12-17 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR BR
03BRASILIA3942	PRESIDENT LULA ANNOUNCES BRAZIL'S NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] President Lula announced Brazil's new energy model and signed the provisional measures (MP) to implement it on December 11. The MP was published in the Official Daily of the Union December 12. The GoB had long reiterated its intent to introduce the model before year's end, but there was dou [...]	2003-12-17 17:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3953	LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE [...] LULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 22. HAVING ALREADY GAINED PASSAGE OF HIS PENSION REFORM BILL LAST WEEK (REF A),LULA HAS THUS ACHIEVED HIS TOP TWIN LEGISLATIVE PRIOR [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3982	BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE [...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...]	2003-12-23 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA602	UTILITIES' CONCERNS OVER BRAZIL'S NEW ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, Embassy hosted a Roundtable on Electricity Regulation in Brazil with participation by 16 executives from 8 U.S. and European companies from both the generation and distribution sides. Companies' main concerns were short-term liquidity issues, continued low elect [...]	2003-02-21 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR ENGR
03BRASILIA80	BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC [...] Lula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of that system's total deficit in 2002, its three million public-sector pensioners accounted for Rs 53 billion; its 20.8 million private sector retirees for just [...]	2003-01-09 09:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRUSSELS5015	STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited instances whe [...]	2003-10-29 08:23:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5619	EU "SOCIAL SUMMIT" STRESSES JOBS AND LABOR [...] Summary: The Prime Ministers and Employment and Social Affairs Ministers of the EU Troika (Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands) gathered with EU-level trade union and employers organization leaders December 11 to review the employment situation in Europe. The "Social Summit," co-chaired by E [...]	2003-12-15 10:06:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1008	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 10) Tokyo Conference: Colombo [...] Summary. Tamil newspapers reserved pride of place for optimistic headlines about an interim administration and the future of the peace talks. Donor money and international support of the peace process were also well-represented subjects. English and vernacular government-owned and independe [...]	2003-06-10 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1015	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 11) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the Tokyo Conference, Sri Lankan English and vernacular media was in high gear. Tamil newspapers ran positive headlines about Tokyo's outcome, but reflected concern about opposition party views of donor money. Tamil editorials encouraged the LTTE to return to pe [...]	2003-06-11 08:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1026	Mission conveys 2003 Trafficking in Person Report to Sri [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE
03COLOMBO1027	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response for Maldives to reftel survey request follows: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three years or more) 2 - Yes, with some delay (one year or more) 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under [...]	2003-06-12 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD MV ECPN
03COLOMBO1028	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 12) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. Sri Lankan media coverage of the Tokyo Donor Conference and its implications lessened somewhat, but was still energetic. Tamil newspapers' lead headlines concentrated on the LTTE rejection of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's suggested interim administration for the north and e [...]	2003-06-12 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1039	FY-2004 IV MRP ON "AMERICAN STUDIES" - [...] POST NOMINATES MS. DORINE E. ARULANANDAM, LECTURER IN SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingt [...]	2003-06-16 07:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1040	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. MOHAMED ALI MUHAMMED ARIFA, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL SECRETARY, DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT, KATTANKUDY, EASTERN PROVINCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format wh [...]	2003-06-16 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1041	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. PRABATH SAHABANDU, DEPUTY EDITOR, "THE ISLAND" - CENTRIST ENGLISH DAILY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Was [...]	2003-06-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1042	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. REBECCA C. CONSTANTINE, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR MICRO CREDIT AND SAVINGS PROGRAM, YMCA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated pr [...]	2003-06-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1043	FY-2004 IV MRP ON "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] POST NOMINATES MR. SEEVALI I. AMITIRIGALA, LECTURER, SRI LANKA LAW COLLEGE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shou [...]	2003-06-16 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1044	FY-2004 SOUTH ASIA RP ON "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] POST NOMINATES MR. TILINA B. TENNAKOON, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KANDY DISTRICT, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...]	2003-06-16 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1046	FY-2004 IV SOUTH ASIA RP ON "RELIGIOUS [...] POST NOMINATES VEN. KIRINDE ASSAJI THERO, BUDDHIST MONK/PRINCIPAL, SRI SUMANGALA DHAMMA SCHOOL, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in [...]	2003-06-16 07:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1047	FY-2004 MRP "NGO MANAGEMENT" - JANUARY 22- [...] POST NOMINATES MS. P. VISAKA HIDELLAGE, COUNTRY/REGIONAL DIRECTOR, INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP(ITDG),SOUTH ASIA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which e [...]	2003-06-16 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1048	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 07:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1050	MISSION CONVEYS CIRCULAR RE STATUS OF FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA AMGT CE IZ
03COLOMBO1062	Information on INL agreements [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR CE
03COLOMBO1063	REQUEST FOR REAPPORTIOMENT OF FMF [...] During the recent visit of the PACOM J4, Brigadier General James Kennon to Colombo, Post learned that India may not accept five million dollars in Foreign Military Funding (FMF) from the US government for a variety of reasons. If India does in fact not need the FMF, Post requests considerati [...]	2003-06-17 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS MARR CE
03COLOMBO1065	FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE FIFTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 9-10, 2003. IN TOTAL 75 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED OF WHICH 35 WERE HOST COUNTRY STAKEHOLDERS FROM BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL, AND SRI LANKA. OTHER ATTENDEES WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM [...]	2003-06-17 10:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO107	SRI LANKA IMPLEMENTS WTO CUSTOMS VALUATION [...] Sri Lanka Customs (SLC) announced the implementation of the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement on January 7, 2003, and began actual implementation January 13, ten weeks after the fourth extension for implementation lapsed on October 31, 2002. All importers and agents are now required to submit [...]	2003-01-21 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1081	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT EOI FOR CONSULTANTS FOR [...] 542/01/T0015 2. 061903 3. MANLOWETL 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B.JAYANTHA NAGENDRAN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (PROJECT MANAGEMENT),ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, RERED PROJECT 6C. DFCC BANK, 73/5 GALLE ROAD, COLOMBO 3, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: 94-1-442442 FAX: 94-1-440376 E-MAIL: I [...]	2003-06-19 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE KWMM
03COLOMBO1111	Sri Lanka: Background on federalism proposals [...] (U) Despite the serious problems that the peace process has faced of late (see Reftels),there is still much talk of federalist-related solutions to the conflict between the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). At this point, the current positions of the government and the LT [...]	2003-06-25 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PREF CE KWMM LTTE
03COLOMBO1112	58th session of UN General Assembly: Mission [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV UN
03COLOMBO1131	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. M. P. ASOKA DIAS, NEWS DIRECTOR- SIRASA, MBC AND MTV, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...]	2003-07-01 07:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1132	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. GOTHAMI INDIKADAHENA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not [...]	2003-07-01 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1133	FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. W. UPUL JOSEPH FERNANDO, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in [...]	2003-07-01 07:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1144	Maldivian Foreign Affairs Minister [...] Per Reftel, Mission provides the text of Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affair Jameel's letter to Secretary of State Powell on the occasion of the United States' Independence Day. BEGIN TEXT Male' 1 July 2003 His Excellency Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington, D [...]	2003-07-01 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MV
03COLOMBO1146	ENSURING SRI LANKA UNDERSTANDS OUR FTA STANDARDS [...] Charge met with Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake on July 1, during a call on the Minister by US Reps Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett, both in Sri Lanka on a private visit. Charge used the meeting to encourage the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to study the texts of the [...]	2003-07-01 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1152	FY 03 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW PROGRAM - SRI LANKA EL FELLOW [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-02 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
03COLOMBO1160	US REPS FOCUS ON TRADE DURING PRIVATE [...] Summary: US Representatives Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett were in Sri Lanka from June 29 to July 3 on a private visit sponsored by a local business chamber. The US Reps, both members of the Hill's Sri Lanka Caucus, focused primarily on trade during meetings with a wide range of Sri Lankan [...]	2003-07-03 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1161	FTA'S DOMINATE SRI LANKA'S TRADE POLICY [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is in the process of developing a coherent trade policy, focused on increasing market access for Sri Lankan goods through free trade agreements. Two US Representatives who recently were in Sri Lanka on a private visit sponsored by a local business [...]	2003-07-03 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1179	Mission recommends alternate organization for [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The judicial reform project to increase the capacity of courts in Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, as well as administer legal aid to those affected communities, has been only partially successful. The portion of the grant r [...]	2003-07-07 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1191	ICC: Non-surrender accord with GSL entered into force [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-08 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA CE
03COLOMBO1233	Colombo Plan: Drug Advisory Program funding [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC CE
03COLOMBO125	Nomination for Political FSN training course [...] In response to Reftel, Mission nominates Ms. Padmini Raajadurrai to attend the April 7 to 18 training course for Political FSNs at NFATC. 2. Information on the nominee is keyed to the order of the queries in Reftel: Name -- Padmini Raajadurrai Grade -- FSN-10 Length of Service -- 4 ye [...]	2003-01-23 08:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFSI AFSN PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1261	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S EXPRESSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-18 06:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1273	Media Play: "Mystery American" attends Sri [...] On Sunday, 7/14, readers of the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekender),one of Sri Lanka's mass circulation newspapers, woke up to front-page, above-the- fold headlines: "Mystery American at government intelligence meetings." The gist of the allegation: an AmCit had participated in me [...]	2003-07-22 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO129	Amendment to April 17, 2001 LOA on Narcotic [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-23 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM CE
03COLOMBO13	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVITATION FOR APPLICATIONS [...] 542/01/T0006 2. 010303 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. DIRECTOR GENERAL 6C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA 276 ELVITIGALA MAWATHA, COLOMBO 8, SRI LANKA 7. PHONE: 94-1-689345 8. FAX: 94-1-689341 E-MAIL: dgtsl@slt.lk 9. 2 [...]	2003-01-03 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1312	Mission conveys talking points and CWC [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 02:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ABUD MV CWC OPCW
03COLOMBO1323	MEDIA PLAY: "Mystery American" attends Sri Lankan [...] As reported in reftel, from 7/14 through 7/22 Sri Lankan newspapers had a field day reporting that an AmCit -- a "mysterious American" -- had participated in meetings of the GSL's intelligence community. Several dailies carried straightforward coverage of the allegation. Others treated the s [...]	2003-07-29 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1328	Colombo Plan: Amendment signed for [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL AMGT AFIN CE
03COLOMBO1332	ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON CE MV
03COLOMBO1335	UNGA: Mission conveys First (Disarmament) [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1365	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1382	CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION AT PK-334 LES [...] Post confirms participation of Ms. J.E. Marina Jesudason at the above seminar from September 8 through 17, 2003. 2. Following is information requested in reftel for Health Insurance purposes: Name: J.E. Marina Jesudason Nationality: Sri Lankan Date of Birth: December 29, 1961 Passp [...]	2003-08-07 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSN AFSI AMGT APER WZ OEXC
03COLOMBO1386	SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW IPR LAW [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament approved an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law on July 25, 2003. It will come into effect when the Speaker of the Parliament signs the bill, expected in August. The new IPR law is WTO TRIPS compliant. It provides for improved coverage, and contains pr [...]	2003-08-08 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO139	2002-2003 International Narcotics Control [...] Provided below is Post's response to reftel request for information on Maldives' regulations and practices regarding financial crimes and money laundering. This submission is based on information received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives and other publicly available docum [...]	2003-01-24 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL MV
03COLOMBO1405	Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka: [...] Per notification in Reftel, Mission is pleased to have received approval for the two anti-trafficking projects and is looking forward to implementing them. In response to the request re Project A, Mission would ask the Department of Justice to conduct an initial training session for personnel [...]	2003-08-12 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG CE
03COLOMBO1408	MEDIA PLAY: U.S. "NOTES WITH CONCERN" LTTE CAMP, [...] On 8/7 Colombo issued a press release reiterating the 8/6 Washington File article, "U.S. Looks Forward to Resumption of Sri Lankan Peace Talks ... State's Reeker says U.S. concerned about rebel activity." The statement said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is "undermining conf [...]	2003-08-12 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1430	FY-2004 Humanitarian Demining Plan for [...] In response to Ref A, Mission's Humanitarian Demining Plan follows. Begin text: -------------------------------- SECTION ONE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------- A. BACKGROUND: Twenty years of civil war in Sri Lanka have left a severe mine and unexploded ordnance [...]	2003-08-15 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MOPS PREF KHDP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1435	Mission conveys talking points re Iraqi [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO1436	SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Following is information on Child Labor in Sri Lanka for GSP Trade and Development Act. 2. Responses are keyed to Reftel. (a) Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Sri Lanka has shown its commitment to protecting children fr [...]	2003-08-18 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID
03COLOMBO147	Sri Lanka: Human rights cases continue to [...] (SBU) Summary: This update reviews the progress of four high profile human rights related court cases, including: -- Kandy election day killings - continuation of a case against a high-profile political family and security forces for killing 10 supporters of a Muslim party; -- Krishanthi [...]	2003-01-27 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1478	Sri Lanka Country Commercial Guide, FY 2004 [...] Below is the Executive Summary of the Sri Lanka Country Commercial Guide, FY 2004. Per reftel, Post has sent the entire text of the Guide to Washington agencies, and will be uploading the guide to CS intranet soon. BEGIN TEXT. Country Commercial Guide Sri Lanka Fiscal Year 2004 [...]	2003-08-25 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV BEXP CE OPIC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1487	58th UNGA: Maldivian government attendance [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-26 08:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO1513	RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CLUSTER HOUSING [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has one residential cluster housing compound for American employees of the IBB (VOA) remote broadcasting site. 2. (SBU) The compound is located in the town of Negombo, about halfway between the IBB site in Iranawila and Colombo. Negombo is 1.5 hours north of Colombo, [...]	2003-08-29 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ASEC
03COLOMBO1516	BTIOS T/0005 AND T/0011 AMENDMENTS - COAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1517	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA ACCUSE U.S. of [...] In a 9/1 editorial, "Self-inflicted wounds," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily),launched one of the most vigorous criticisms of U.S. policy seen in Sri Lanka's mainline press since the occupation of Iraq. "Self- inflicted wounds" accuses the U.S. of searching for "a new bogeyman" [...]	2003-09-02 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1518	EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR EXPLOITATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 09:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1539	GSL SUPPORTS KEEPING GI TALKS IN TRIPS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD PREL CE WTO ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1540	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES, [...] The following is the 2004 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Maldives. This statement will be included in the Post's FY 2004 Maldives Country Commercial to be sent separately. Begin text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES, SEPTEMBER 2003. Openness to Foreign Investm [...]	2003-09-05 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MV OPIC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1542	ICOC: Mission conveys request to join in [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CE MV
03COLOMBO1543	PSI: Mission conveys statement of [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CE MV
03COLOMBO1548	IMI - Investment Opportunities In Sri Lanka [...] The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka will present "Intrad 2003", an Exhibition and Investor Forum on November 28 - 30, 2003 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The theme is "Regaining Sri Lanka - Invest in Our Infrastructure". 2. "Intrad 2003" will feature 10 key sectors identified for inve [...]	2003-09-06 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO155	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INVITATION FOR APPLICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1551	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE

03COLOMBO1556	58th UNGA: Maldivian government attendance [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO156	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER TO BUILD AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO MV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1582	BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1588	Mission conveys WSIS/freedom of the press [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PREL CE MV
03COLOMBO1589	Mission conveys September 11 Message to Sri [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CE MV
03COLOMBO1601	LANDMINES AND TIGERS AND "BEARS" OH MY! ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PTER PGOV CE LTTE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1613	INL: Amendment to LOA signed with Police [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-16 09:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM CE
03COLOMBO1617	Colombo Plan: Drug Advisory Program proposed [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted to Mission a budget proposal of USD 250,000 for fiscal year 2003. DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the following projects: A. Training for South Asian Law Enforcement Officers on Counter-narcotics, USD 110,000 B. Reg [...]	2003-09-17 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL AFIN AMGT CE
03COLOMBO1632	2004-05 SRI LANKA FULBRIGHT JUNIOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM [...] THE US-SLFC RECEIVED A RECORD TOTAL OF 597 APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO ITS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUBJECT AWARDS PROGRAM. AFTER A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW OF ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES BY THE COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE ON STUDY AND TRAINING, A SHORT LIST OF 20 CANDIDATES WAS PRESENTED TO THE US-SL [...]	2003-09-19 05:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC CE
03COLOMBO1641	EL FELLOW CAROL CREHAN [...] Post is pleased to report that Ms. Crehan has arrived in Sri Lank assignment with the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies. 2. Post has two requests to make on the enhancement funds and the st - Enhancement funds: Post requests that enhanced funds unused from h 2003 grant be ma [...]	2003-09-22 07:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ABUD AMGT CE
03COLOMBO1694	Foreign Government Invitation for Pre- [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO17	Colombo Plan: Submission of annual staffing [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 06:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER CE
03COLOMBO1705	STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Sri Lanka does not have formal biotechnology regulations on the production and import of agricultural biotech products into the country. An attempt to ban the import of GMO foods in 2001 was abandoned due to intense lobbying from foreign missions (including the U.S) and trade partn [...]	2003-10-01 08:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO172	SRI LANKA: THE LTTE BUILDS A FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST FINANCING POST SEPTEMBER 11, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM FOREIGN FUND-RAISING TO LARGELY DOMESTIC FINANCING. WHILE THE LTTE TRADITIONALLY LEVIED TAXES IN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, RECEN [...]	2003-01-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PTER PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1732	SRI LANKA'S GDP GROWS 5.6% IN FIRST HALF OF [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan economy recorded 5.6% GDP growth in the first half of 2003, coming mainly from industry and services. Other macro economic fundamentals have also improved, and contributed to strengthening of the Sri Lanka Rupee recently. The Central Bank says economic performance is [...]	2003-10-06 08:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE USTR
03COLOMBO174	PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] As reported in reftel (B),Colombo provided Worldnet coverage of the State of the Union address to three Sri Lankan telecasters for use during prime-time on 1/29. ITN (government-owned, island-wide penetration) and Rupavahini (government-owned, island-wide penetration),took extensive clippi [...]	2003-01-30 08:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC
03COLOMBO1784	Campaign for US Candidate for Committee [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 02:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHCR CE
03COLOMBO1815	UNGA: Mission conveys First (Disarmament) [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 08:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA MNUC AORC KNNP CE MV
03COLOMBO1816	Urgent Demarche on UN action on the [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1820	SRI LANKA - AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE MODEL [...] Summary: Sri Lanka is an ideal model candidate on water. The GSL has identified water as a priority and has the political will and adequate good governance to see it happen. Because of the government's intentions to provide safe water to the entire population by 2010, improve water manageme [...]	2003-10-20 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID KSCA SENV TSPL CE
03COLOMBO1822	Demarche on new Iraqi Diplomatic and Official [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO1825	Urgent demarche on additional action on UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CE MV UN
03COLOMBO183	MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Address; [...] "Flights of fancy? We hope not" Independent English daily, Daily Mirror, commented (1/31): "The key phrase is `where it began'. Yes, it all began in the United States, a country responsible for the mayhem that the world is in today and the coming cataclysm. "It is the United States lopsi [...]	2003-01-31 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC
03COLOMBO1852	Demarche opposing Cuba's UN Resolution against [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA ETRD CE MV CU
03COLOMBO1857	Mission conveys Id Al-Fitr message from [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL MV
03COLOMBO1862	Campaign for US Candidate for Committee [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CE UN
03COLOMBO1883	CONTENTIOUS LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED IN EXPORT [...] Summary: A controversial labor dispute at an export processing zone (EPZ) garment factory producing for international labels, which drew international attention, was resolved recently. The US-based Free Labor Association (FLA) and a local independent public policy institution intervened to [...]	2003-11-03 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EAID EINV KTEX CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1888	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] On 11/1 the LTTE unveiled its long-await response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals (see septel). The LTTE counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous press coverage. Some headlines covered straightforward reportage: "LTTE hands over IA proposals; copies to President and par [...]	2003-11-03 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1895	SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PORTFOLIO [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 06:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1901	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] In reftels Colombo reported on the 11/1 unveiling of the LTTE's long awaited response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals. As noted in reftel (B),the counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous coverage: all major front pages carried the story, and three English, two Sinhala, a [...]	2003-11-04 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1903	Demarche on Iraq Interim Travel Documents [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS PREF IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO1924	Sri Lanka supports Felice Gaer for UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE UN
03COLOMBO1925	UN CERD Candidate Ralph Boyd [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV
03COLOMBO1940	MEDIA PLAY: POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Since the eruption of Sri Lanka's latest political crisis, the English and vernacular media have been in a frenzy. Over the weekend, television stations and newspapers in Sri Lanka avidly chronicled the political tug-of-war between President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and P [...]	2003-11-10 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO195	SRI LANKA: MAXIMUM POSSIBLE IMF ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] This is an action request, please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The IMF is in the midst of finalizing a large-scale Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). Post understands the fund is proposing a SDR 372 million (USD $510 million) package, which eq [...]	2003-02-03 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL CE
03COLOMBO1953	MEDIA PLAY: THE LATEST ON SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan English and vernacular media's intense scrutiny of the political stand-off between the Prime Minister and the President continued. The Prime Minister's decision to meet with the President dominated the headlines in all languages. The reaction of political players in [...]	2003-11-12 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO196	Sri Lanka: Proposal for anti-trafficking in [...] (U) Per Reftel, Mission is providing the attached program proposal to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lankan National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) in enforcing the government's laws regulating trafficking of children in regards to prostitution and labor. 2. (U) Attached is the proj [...]	2003-02-03 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID SMIG ELAB KPAO CE
03COLOMBO1967	MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lankan President Meets PM, [...] Summary. The 11/12 meeting between the President and the Prime Minister dominated the headlines in Sri Lankan English and vernacular media. Government-owned television and newspaper headlines predictably slanted toward the President, but the independent press was less positive. The media al [...]	2003-11-14 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1977	Mission conveys UNGA Third Committee Iran [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1980	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL CRISIS CONTINUES [...] Summary. Over the weekend, English and vernacular media headlines focused on reaction to Norway's recent comments about the Sri Lankan Government's political crisis and their impact on the peace process. The President's comments also made splashy headlines. Meanwhile, media reports of the P [...]	2003-11-17 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1990	Colombo Plan: Funding for DEA Narcotics [...] In response to Reftel, Mission is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Agreement to accept funding (USD 110,000) for two regional narcotics officer training courses to be conducted by the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program and U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Agency. 2. [...]	2003-11-18 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT KFSC SNAR CE
03COLOMBO1995	Mission conveys points on the proposed UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV TX
03COLOMBO1996	Mission conveys Id Al-Fitr message from [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL MV
03COLOMBO20	DECLARATION OF DISASTER - SRI LANKA-COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 2001, FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN SRI LANKA'S 20-YEAR CIVIL CONFLICT, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL),RESPECTIVELY, DECLARED UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRES IN SHORT SUCCESSION. THESE UNILATERAL CEASEFIRES WE [...]	2003-01-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2005	TRADE POLICY REVIEW POC [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
03COLOMBO2006	TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Post apologizes for the delay in responding to reftel. DCM James F. Entwistle has been designated the Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer for the American Embassy Colombo. The following personal information is provided as requested: email addresses: EntwistleJF@state.sgov.gov (CLASS) an [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL
03COLOMBO2020	COMPLEX EMERGENCY AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY. AFTER TWO DECADES OF WAR THAT HAVE SHORT- CIRCUITED DEVELOPMENT AND TORN APART THE NATION'S SOCIAL FABRIC, SRI LANKA NOW FINDS ITSELF WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE PEACE. IN ORDER FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS HISTORIC WINDOW OF OPPORTU [...]	2003-11-24 02:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2022	Annual Terrorism Report for 2003: Submissions [...] Mission's response to Reftel requesting input for the Department's 2003 Annual Terrorism Report follows. Data on Sri Lanka is contained in Para Two and data on the Maldives in Para Three. Para Two is keyed to questions A through I in Reftel. Para Three contains an overview of the situation [...]	2003-11-24 03:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PINS CE MV
03COLOMBO2041	POST EVALUATION ON CLASSICAL PIANISTS PROGRAM [...] Headline: COLOMBO BRINGS AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST TO SRI LANKA 2. The enduring value of performing arts programs was illustrated once again when the American Pianists Association, Embassy Colombo, and ECA brought Michael Sheppard, a gifted, young American classical pianist to Sri Lanka. [...]	2003-11-28 05:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL CE OEXC
03COLOMBO2137	2004-05 S.L. FULBRIGHT SENIOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM [...] OUT OF A TOTAL OF 28 APPLICANTS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS, THE US-SLFC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTERVIEWED 13 CANDIDATES SHORT LISTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POOL AND SELECTED THREE PRINCIPAL AND TWO ALTERNATE NOMINEES. OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL CANDIDATES, THE FIRST TWO, IN ORDER OF MERIT, WERE OFFERED 9 M [...]	2003-12-18 06:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE OXEC OEXC
03COLOMBO2171	Colombo Plan: Drug Awareness Program [...] On December 21, DCM and poloff attended a dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Colombo Plan's Drug Awareness Program (DAP). Since its inception in 1973, the DAP has been a significant force throughout the Asia/Pacific region in demand reduction and drug awareness efforts, includi [...]	2003-12-23 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR CE
03COLOMBO2197	Colombo Plan: Mission concurs with revisions [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-31 06:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT KFSC SNAR CE MV
03COLOMBO2199	IMI: OIL EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITY IN SRI [...] Summary: Hoping to begin off-shore oil prospecting soon, the Sri Lanka Government intends to announce its plans to international oil companies at a workshop in early 2004. End Summary. 2. The Government plans to open areas in the Mannar Basin off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka for [...]	2003-12-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EPET ENRG BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO228	UPGRADING POSITION, IRC DIRECTOR, COLOMBO (N721- [...] IN NOVEMBER 2002, COLOMBO'S IRC DIRECTOR, MS. MANORANI "MANO" KARUNANAYAKE, RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE MISSION. THE DIFFICULT SEARCH FOR A SUCCESSOR BROUGHT FORCIBLY TO OUR ATTENTION SOMETHING ON WHICH, FRANKLY, WE SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED EARLIER: THE POSITION IS GRADED [...]	2003-02-10 08:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP
03COLOMBO249	EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR EXPLOITATION OF [...] 542/01/T0010 2. 021303 3. WHAVERY 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B CHAIRMAN 6C MARINE POLLUTION PREVENTION AUTHORITY 11-C, TOWER BLDG. 25 STATION ROAD, COLOMBO 4 SRI LANKA 7 PHONE: 94-1-559158, 94-75-333496 FAX: 94-1-553197 E-MAIL: mppaslk@lanka.ccom.lk WEB [...]	2003-02-13 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO266	BTIO T/0005 AMENDMENTS - COAL POWER [...] 542/01/T0011 2. 021803 3. WHAVERY 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B CHAIRMAN 6C ENERGY SUPPLY COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF FINANCE THE SECRETARIAT, COLOMBO 1, SRI LANKA 7 PHONE: 94-1-484534 FAX: 94-1-484802 8. 201 9. S4911.... ELECTRIC POWER, GENERATION & TRANSMISSION [...]	2003-02-18 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE
03COLOMBO270	LOCAL REACTION TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CSIS [...] On 2/14 Deputy Secretary Armitage made major policy remarks regarding "Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace" while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The challenge for the GSL and the LTTE, Armitage said, is to create "tangible signs of progress...." He [...]	2003-02-18 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO282	USG promotion of human rights in Sri Lanka [...] Per Reftel, Mission's response to the request for information on how we are promoting human rights in Sri Lanka follows: 2. PEACE PROCESS: The ongoing peace process has had more of a direct and dramatic impact on improving the human rights situation in Sri Lanka than any other factor du [...]	2003-02-19 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
03COLOMBO294	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN
03COLOMBO305	YEAR 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - INPUT FROM SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-24 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD CE WTO USTR
03COLOMBO306	Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program submits [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted a budget proposal to Mission for a USD 500,000 demand reduction program for Afghanistan. The DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the six following action areas: A. Basic Demand Reduction Course, USD 25,000 B. Training of [...]	2003-02-24 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC AF
03COLOMBO325	SRI LANKA CORE GROUP MEETING ON TOKYO DONOR [...] On February 25, Minister for Economic Reform, Milinda Moragoda, chaired a meeting of the "Core Group" to oversee the planning for the Donor Conference now scheduled for Tokyo June 9-10. Donors who have been invited to co-chair the Tokyo meeting were requested to be part of this Core Group. [...]	2003-02-26 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO33	USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO CE OEXC
03COLOMBO333	INFORMAL PRESENCE IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF [...] With continuing progress toward peace, this Mission finds it highly desirable to establish an informal presence in the northern city of Jaffna. This will facilitate coordination of AID activities in the areas of economic development and humanitarian assistance; help us carry out public diplo [...]	2003-02-28 03:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC ABLD AFIN CE
03COLOMBO336	SRI LANKA: MISSION ASSISTANCE TO US [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO396	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly),"Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...]	2003-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO408	MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COUNTRY DATA, SRI LANKA [...] The Embassy received a fax from the Department of Fiscal Policy and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka responding to our request for data required for the Millennium Challenge Account. All figures are in millions of Sri Lankan Rupees. Data within parenthesis indicate de [...]	2003-03-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CE
03COLOMBO409	MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COUNTRY DATA, MALDIVES [...] The Embassy received a fax from the Department of External Resources of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives responding to our request for data required for the Millennium Challenge Account. All figures are in millions of Maldives Rufiyaa. Data within parenthesis indi [...]	2003-03-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN MV ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO413	THIRD PLANNING MEETING FOR TOKYO [...] The third planning meeting of the Tokyo Core Group was held on March 10. The Japanese Ambassador said that his Government was waiting for confirmations from countries asked to co-chair the Tokyo Conference. Subsequent to the co-chair confirmations the Japanese would determine which countri [...]	2003-03-12 04:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO418	59th Commmission on Human Rights-Demarche Request [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CE MV
03COLOMBO42	FY-03 MRP: "FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] THE ONWARD TRAVEL ITINERARY OF GRANTEE FOLLOWS: DEP. COLOMBO 0245 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 VIA UL 505 ARR. LONDON (LHR) 0845 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 DEP. LONDON (LHR) 1200 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 VIA UA 919 ARR. WASHINGTON(IAD)1520 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 PLEASE MEET AND ASSIST. 2. FOLLOWING IS THE RETU [...]	2003-01-08 03:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO428	MEDIA PLAY: AMBASSADOR WILLS VISITS JAFFNA [...] Ambassador Wills' 3/11 visit to Jaffna (see reftel) was noted in segments of the English and Sinhala press, and garnered substantial and positive coverage in the Tamil press. 2. English and Sinhala dailies. Under the front-page headline "Wills says 'peace at hand'" the DAILY MIRROR (indep [...]	2003-03-13 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO429	2003 SHRIMP/TURTLE CERTIFICATIONS UNDER [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request regarding Sri Lanka's sea turtle conservation program, and is based on information from the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources (MOFOR). According to the MOFOR submission, Sri Lanka's fishing industry continues to use fishing methods that [...]	2003-03-13 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ETRD CE
03COLOMBO456	SME LOR SUBMISSION FOR 30 MM BUSHMASTER CANNONS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR A SYSTEM SALE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FOR TEN 30MM AUTOMATIC "BUSHMASTER" CANNONS WITH ASSOCIATED MOUNTING, FIRE CONTROL, TRAINING, SPARES AND AMMUNITION. 2. AMEMBASSY COLOMBO STRONGLY SUPPORTS THI [...]	2003-03-19 08:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE
03COLOMBO458	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily says that the "ides of Bush" indicate "the creation of a new god who demands that all other nations must worship him and subscribe to his policies...." Under the headline "`The hour has come!' the ides of Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwid [...]	2003-03-19 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC OIIP CE
03COLOMBO463	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] On 3/20 the ISLAND (opposition daily, islandwide circulation) said "there is no doubt which way the war will go," but predicted that it will not only "bring about radical changes in the politics of ... the Middle East but ... will also turn the new political order ... topsy turvy," as the "the [...]	2003-03-20 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO465	COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 20, 2003 [...] (SBU) On March 20, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to implement new security procedures due to the onset of conflict in Iraq. Ambassador chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC decided that effective tomorrow, all American employees will be picked up from their resi [...]	2003-03-20 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO467	Mission conveys demarche on closure of [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CE
03COLOMBO472	JIM WALLER [...] As you know, the Sri Lankan account has been very busy these past few months and promises to remain so for a long period. I doubt Jim Waller realized when he took over the Desk just how much work there would be! In the event, he has nevertheless has performed wonderfully in support of this M [...]	2003-03-21 04:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	APER CE
03COLOMBO473	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily wonders whether "war on Iraq [will] free US from terrorists threat." Under the headline "Will war on Iraq free US from terrorists threat?, the ISLAND (opposition English daily, islandwide circulation) wrote on 3/21: The question arises whether elimination of the S [...]	2003-03-21 04:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO48	Security of Radioactive Sources: Mission [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-08 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC CE MV IAEA
03COLOMBO480	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend Colombo's newspapers continued to criticize the war. "Stop this war forthwith," insisted the independent English DAILY MIRROR. The government-owned Sinhala weekender, DINAMINA, spoke of the "Middle East war environment: crisis and impact." "Alas! War" said the opp [...]	2003-03-24 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO488	FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. J.W.M. RANJITH THOMAS SEIMON, DIRECTOR (ENGINEERING),MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing i [...]	2003-03-25 04:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO497	FOURTH TOKYO CORE GROUP MEETING ROUNDUP [...] The UN and ADB reported on the Needs Assessment Validation Workshop held in Kilinochchi last week. It was attended by 150 people, 50 of whom were LTTE, including three LTTE consultants from Australia, senior central and provincial level Government staff, NGOs and civil society. There were n [...]	2003-03-25 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO500	UNESCO: Mission conveys points on US reentry; [...] Per Ref B, Mission conveyed the points on the United States' decision to seek reentry into UNESCO and our candidacy for the executive board to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. The Maldivian government has replied that it welcomes the decision by the U.S. to rejoin UNESCO and looks fo [...]	2003-03-25 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE MV UNESCO
03COLOMBO503	COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 25, 2003 [...] (SBU) On March 25, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that the situation in Colombo is calm. The anti-U.S. protest on March 21, 2003 mobilized about 2000 people and was non- [...]	2003-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO507	TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON [...] As reported in Ref B, as of April 2002 Sri Lanka's Central Bank had frozen the assets of a single account suspected of financing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 2, 2001. 2. The Controller of Exchange of Sri Lanka's Central Bank co [...]	2003-03-26 07:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO508	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] As reported in reftel (b),Colombo's weekenders (3/22- 23) widely criticized what is usually described as an "American war" in Iraq. At mid-week, however, interest is subdued. 2. True, the war dominates Wednesday's (3/26) front-page, above the fold headlines. "Six Iraqi war tanks destroye [...]	2003-03-26 07:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO517	FY-03 MRP ON "MULTI-CULTURALISM IN A [...] GRANTEE JAYASURIYA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HER COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of [...]	2003-03-27 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO518	FY-03 SA/RP ON "WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT": [...] GRANTEE SEIMON ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HIS COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the [...]	2003-03-27 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO519	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] In reftel we noted that as of mid-week (3/26) the war in Iraq was receiving substantial front-page treatment but limited editorial coverage. The trend continued into Thursday (3/27): the war dominates this morning's front- page above-the-fold headlines. Again, however, only one of Sri Lanka [...]	2003-03-27 04:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO522	MEDIA PRIMER [...] Newspapers (English). ----- DAILY MIRROR, a popular, centrist independent daily published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. The MIRROR is available on line at . DAILY NEWS, a government-owned daily. The DAILY NEWS is the English medium flagship of the Lake House newspapers, all of which are go [...]	2003-03-27 09:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO53	SRI LANKA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES GROUND-BREAKING [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament passed three important bills containing ground-breaking, and contentious, labor reforms on January 8. The bills contain new industrial dispute resolution and termination procedures. The legislation is expected to improve industrial relations by prompt and [...]	2003-01-09 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ETRD PGOV PHUM CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO535	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English front pages found room for only two war-related headlines: "US-led forces destroy Iraqi column" and "US-led troops poised to enter Baghdad as week two begins." The vernacular dailies, by contrast, splashed the war across all front pages with headlines such as "Iraq `Repub [...]	2003-03-28 05:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY [...] (U) On March 28, 2003, approximately 2000 people protested the U.S. position on Iraq. The demonstration was organized by the left-wing JVP political party, but according to the police, principally attended by Sri Lankan Muslims. The protesters were given permission to co [...]	2003-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO550	MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English-medium front pages found room for only two war-related headlines on 4/1: "U.S. pounds Baghdad, battles to the south," said one; "U.S. in first major clash with Republican guard" said the other. More -- and more strident -- headlines appeared on the vernacular front pages, [...]	2003-04-01 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO553	Colombo Plan: Amendment for USD 500,000 for [...] Per Ref A, Ambassador Wills and Secretary General of the Colombo Plan U. Sarat Chandran signed an amendment to the Colombo Plan funding agreement for the allotment of USD 500,000 to the Drug Advisory Program on March 31. The amendment provides funding for counter-narcotics projects in Afghanis [...]	2003-04-01 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AORC CE AF
03COLOMBO556	MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Under the front-page headline, "CBK hits out at Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwide circulation) pursues a leitmotiv that often appears in the Sri Lankan media's coverage of the war: mixing local issues with news from Iraq. (See reftel, which reported that an edito [...]	2003-04-02 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO59	2002-2003 International Narcotics Control [...] Provided below is response to ref A request for information on Sri Lanka's regulations and practices regarding financial crimes and money laundering. 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. There is no significant market [...]	2003-01-10 05:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL CE
03COLOMBO598	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER TO CONSTRUCT A [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 02:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS

03COLOMBO600	FIFTH CORE TOKYO GROUP AND WIDER GROUP MEETING [...] SUMMARY: The Core Group meeting provided an update on the status of the upcoming Seminars, workshops and planning sessions in Washington, Colombo and Japan in preparation for the June 9-10 Tokyo Donor Conference. The agenda for Tokyo is evolving and the latest version referenced below has be [...]	2003-04-09 03:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO604	IMI: SRI LANKA LIBERALIZES INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: In early March, Sri Lanka opened the international voice telephony market, ending the monopoly held by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT),a partially state-owned venture. The entry of competitors into the international telecom services market has resulted in significant reductions in call r [...]	2003-04-09 07:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON ECPS ETRD CE WTO ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO611	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 56 (04-09-03) [...] The Ministry of Defense today officially indicated its intent to co-host, with the United States Army Pacific, the annual Peacekeeping Multi-Platoon Event (PKO-MPE) in 2004. The Army Commander, LTG Balagalle has directed his staff to investigate establishment of a peacekeeping school for the [...]	2003-04-09 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE MV AGMT
03COLOMBO628	Mission deploys points re in-kind offers of [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 08:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO629	MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lankan front-page readers woke up to headlines describing the Iraqi regime's collapse and to photographs of coalition forces and Iraqi civilians enjoying each other's company. English front pages ran headlines such as "Saddam's rule collapses in chaos," "Saddam's rule crumbles," and "U.S. [...]	2003-04-10 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO637	ICC: Non-surrender of nationals agreement [...] Ambassador Wills signed the U.S.-Maldivian non- surrender of nationals agreement in Colombo on April 10. Foreign Minister Jameel had signed the agreement in Male on April 8. 2. The signed original is being pouched to L/T (Frank Holleran). A copy of the agreement is being faxed to SA/INS [...]	2003-04-11 03:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA MV CE KICC
03COLOMBO650	MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ - 4/11/03 [...] In Sri Lanka the 4/11 front pages anticipate -- and celebrate -- a conclusion to the conflict in Iraq. They also ponder post-war scenarios. "America to hoist flag of victory very soon" says a Sinhala daily. "Pentagon studying whether to announce end of war" and "100 Iraqi tanks in American [...]	2003-04-16 00:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO659	Sri Lanka: FY-2005 INL project proposal -- [...] (U) Per Ref A, Mission's FY-2005 INL project proposal for Sri Lanka follows in Para two. The goal of the project is to establish a means by which Sri Lanka's police can identify the talents of their officers and most effectively make them operational. The paragraphs below are keyed to the in [...]	2003-04-16 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV CE OEXC
03COLOMBO670	MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. As [...]	2003-04-17 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO682	MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE - [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. La [...]	2003-04-21 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO695	MEDIA PLAY - LTTE SUSPENDS PEACE TALKS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it suspending peace talks scheduled for April 29 in Thailand. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had no [...]	2003-04-23 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO707	PRESS RELEASE - "US AMBASSADOR'S REACTION TO LTTE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE PTER EGEN LTTE
03COLOMBO708	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 63 (04-24-03) [...] (U) Devinda Subasinghe called Ambassador last night mentioning a possible visit of A/S Rocca on May 11-12. We would welcome her visit at that time. She should be aware however, that Vesak, a major holiday, occurs during that week (May 14 and 15),and many officials may be unavailable for mee [...]	2003-04-24 10:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE MV AGMT
03COLOMBO714	MEDIA PLAY - AMBASSADOR WILLS' 4/24 REUTERS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...]	2003-04-25 05:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE
03COLOMBO721	MEDIA PLAY - MORE COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR WILLS' [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...]	2003-04-28 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE
03COLOMBO731	SIXTH TOKYO CORE AND EXPANDED GROUP MEETING OF [...] SUMMARY: GSL and multilaterals assess the Washington Seminar a success. Planning for the Tokyo Donor's Conference continues as scheduled. The Colombo pre-Tokyo Seminar has been postponed. GSL, multilateral and Bilateral donors have mixed views and strategies regarding the LTTE suspension fr [...]	2003-04-30 01:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO736	HRDF Grants: Proposal for removal of [...] Per Reftel, Mission is submitting a proposal to remove unexploded ordinance (UXO) from urban areas in the north of Sri Lanka. Background for and description of the UXO proposal follow. 2. BACKGROUND: In support of the USG's pro-peace process and humanitarian agenda in Sri Lanka, Mission [...]	2003-04-30 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KSEP EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO740	FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. POST NOMINATES MR. NAUFEL ABDUL- RAHMAN, SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE PARLIAMENT, AND MR. N.V. KEERTHIRATNE KARUNASENA WERAGODA, SECRETARY TO THE CABINET OF MINISTERS, FOR P [...]	2003-05-05 02:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO742	WI-FI SURVEY, SRI LANKA [...] Post response to reftel Wi-Fi survey request follows: A) Has host country allocated unlicensed radio- frequency spectrum for use by Wi-Fi and similar wireless technologies or is it planning to do so? If so are there separate allocations for indoor and outdoor use? Alternatively, is host [...]	2003-05-05 04:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO744	MEDIA PLAY -- EMBASSY COLOMBO EMPLOYEES INDICTED [...] On 5/2 Colombo's Administrative Officer and her husband, who had been employed by the mission as a Consular Associate, were indicted on visa fraud and alien smuggling charges. PD issued a press release regarding the indictments, noting that they were the result of an 11- month investigation. [...]	2003-05-05 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO747	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response to reftel survey request follows. Post consulted IMF and WB rep offices in Colombo and Central Bank contacts in preparing this response. a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three year [...]	2003-05-05 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CE ECPN
03COLOMBO748	Sri Lanka: Mission conveys points on [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CE
03COLOMBO768	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO [...] 542/01/T0013 2. 050703 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. SECRETARY MINISTRY OF WESTERN REGION DEVELOPMENT 3RD FLOOR, "SETHSIRIPAYA", BATTARAMULLA 7. PHONE: 94-1-862530 8. FAX: 94-1-875600/862964 E-MAIL: dgrdd@slt.lk 9. 201 10. S1629.... [...]	2003-05-08 07:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO769	FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. MR. MUHSIN WAS ORIGINALLY NOMINATED FOR MRP ON "ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE U.S." BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION I [...]	2003-05-08 07:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO772	INDO-LANKA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, THREE YEARS [...] Summary: The Indo-Lanka free trade agreement (ILFTA) completed three years of operation in March 2003. Trade between India and Sri Lanka increased sharply in 2002. India now offers zero tariffs on 4,150 items exported from Sri Lanka. Several mid- sized Indian companies have set up operat [...]	2003-05-08 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO779	MEDIA PLAY: International "Safety Net" for Sri Lanka's [...] Summary: The fate of the peace talks, together with international efforts to coax the LTTE back to the negotiating table, dominated the week's press. English and vernacular headlines chronicled a string of international visitors who made their way to the Wanni to encourage the LTTE to retur [...]	2003-05-09 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO790	MEDIA PLAY: COHABITATION CRISIS RETURNS [...] Sri Lanka's chronic cohabitation problems resurfaced on Friday (5/9) when President Kumaratunga announced her intention to remove the Development Lotteries Board from the Ministry of Economic Reforms and put it under presidential purview. Media reaction was quick. Some Saturday (5/10) headli [...]	2003-05-12 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO806	SRI LANKAN GROWTH EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS [...] According to the latest data released by the Central Bank, Sri Lanka's economy expanded by 4% in 2002, recovering from a 1.4% downturn in 2001. Growth exceeded Bank expectations of 3.5%, and came mainly from the services sector. Despite this modest increase, Central Bank expressed concern ove [...]	2003-05-13 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO807	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY, [...] 542/01/T0014 2. 05130703 3. TLMANLOWE 4. 542 5. N 6A. CONTACT 6B. THE CHIEF SUPPLIES AND STORES AIRPORT AND AVIATION SERVICES (SRI LANKA) LIMITED BANDARANAIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KATUNAYAKE 7. PHONE: 94-1-252747 8. FAX: 94-1-252239 E-MAIL: MA [...]	2003-05-13 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO809	FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] COLOMBO REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLVIS PROGRAM FOR MR. IQBAL ATHAS, CONSULTANT EDITOR AND DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT, "THE SUNDAY TIMES" (INDEPENDENT ENGLISH WEEKENDER, NATIONAL CIRCULATION). ATHAS IS VISITING WASHINGTON TO ATTEND THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. AS A TARGET OF [...]	2003-05-13 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO818	Mission conveys name of official heading U.S. [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted to Mission a budget proposal of USD 420,000 for fiscal year 2003. DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the following projects: A. V Global Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention, USD 70,000 B. Second Asian Youth Network pro [...]	2003-05-16 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC CE
03COLOMBO83	FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. MR. MUHSIN WAS ORIGINALLY NOMINATED FOR MRP ON "ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE U.S." BUT WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT. 2. NOMINATI [...]	2003-01-14 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO831	MEDIA PLAY: Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca [...] Summary: The media received Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca's May 11-14 visit to Sri Lanka positively and interpreted her visit as further indication of international support for the Island's peace process. English, Sinhala and Tamil television coverage of Rocca's visit was extensive. [...]	2003-05-19 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO847	Mission conveys Secretary Powell's letter to Sri Lanka re [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PHUM CE CU
03COLOMBO855	Sri Lanka Flooding: Need For Humanitarian [...] Devastation from one of Sri Lanka's worst ever flood crises continues. Nearly 250 people are feared dead and another 1000 are missing. As many as 600,000 people are homeless as heavy rains continue in affected areas of five districts. The government of Sri Lanka has appealed to the interna [...]	2003-05-22 03:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV MARR CE
03COLOMBO87	Colombo Plan: Assessed billing for 2002-03 [...] Mission has received a request from the Colombo Plan for payment of the U.S. Government's annual assessment to the organization. The amount assessed for the financial year 2002-03 is USD 14,500, the same amount as last year. Mission requests that the Department provide fiscal data for this [...]	2003-01-14 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC KUNR CE
03COLOMBO883	SRI LANKA SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES AIR QUALITY [...] Summary: Preliminary studies show a significant reduction in Colombo's ambient air lead levels after phasing out leaded gasoline in June, 2002. The Government will further improve urban air quality by introducing new vehicle emission and fuel quality standards. End Summary. NO MORE LEAD [...]	2003-05-28 04:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID CE
03COLOMBO898	MEDIA PLAY: Armitage to Attend Tokyo Conference [...] Summary: On 5/23 Washington announced that Deputy Secretary Armitage would attend the Tokyo Conference on SIPDIS reconstruction for Sri Lanka. Post issued a similar press release to local media on 5/24. Independent and government-owned television stations heralded Armitage's decision in [...]	2003-05-28 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO906	PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY HIV/AIDS [...] Reftel requested posts to use IIP materials to publicize the president's new HIV/AIDS initiative. 2. Colombo used two IIP products to splash the rollout across the Sri Lankan press. - News File. During noon and evening newscasts "News File" clips describing the initiative were used by MT [...]	2003-05-29 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP IR ZP CE
03COLOMBO914	OFDA ASSESSMENT: FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN [...] SUMMARY: USAID/OFDA ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA FROM MAY 21-25 TO ASSIST THE MISSION WITH RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD DISASTER. SHE TRAVELED WITH USAID/SRI LANKA MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) TO THE WORST HIT DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWESTERN SRI LANKA. WHILE THE FLOODWATERS HAV [...]	2003-05-29 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL CE
03COLOMBO92	GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to [...] Below is the GLOBE program update for Sri Lanka and Maldives: Sri Lanka --------- 2. Post is pleased to report the implementation of the GLOBE program in Sri Lanka. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Education and Culture (MHREC) conducted the first three GLOBE teacher- tra [...]	2003-01-16 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KGLB SENV MV CE OEXC
03COLOMBO920	Sri Lanka: Status of USAID/Office of [...] SUMMARY: As Washington prepares for the Tokyo Donors' Conference next month, we thought it useful to provide an update on what promises to be a highly successful assistance program in Sri Lanka. USAID/OTI has made excellent progress during the past two months and should become fully operation [...]	2003-05-30 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PINS CE LTTE
03COLOMBO921	FUNDCITE REQUEST FOR SRI LANKA FLOOD RELIEF [...] MISSION REQUESTS OFDA FUND CITE FOR US$247,851 TO SUPPORT WORLD VISION'S FLOOD RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHWESTERN SRI LANKA. WORLD VISION WILL CLEAN AND REPAIR 4,000 WELLS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO 100,000 BENEFICIARIES. USAID/SRI LANKA AND OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR HAVE REVIEWED [...]	2003-05-30 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE
03COLOMBO948	CY 2002 End-Use Monitoring Report for Sri [...] Starting in 1993, Mission has used funds from the International Narcotics Control program for equipment purchases to government and NGO entities. The equipment recipients are the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) from 1993 to 1996; The Federation of Non- Governmental Organizatio [...]	2003-06-03 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL CE
03COLOMBO965	MEDIA PLAY (JUNE 5): TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the run-up to the Tokyo conference, June 5 coverage is apprehensive. Will the LTTE go to Tokyo? Will the conference, donor contributions, and the peace process itself be adversely affected if the Tigers aren't there? Headlines are anxious. Vernacular editorialists are silent o [...]	2003-06-05 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO979	MEDIA PLAY Subject: Media Play (June 6): Tokyo [...] Summary. As the Tokyo conference approaches, the media scene grows dyspeptic. "Ways to solve [the] dispute ... can be found," the Prime Minister is reported to argue, but others speak of racists, i.e., Sinhalese nationalists, who want the LTTE to miss Tokyo, while voices closer to the LTTE b [...]	2003-06-06 06:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO982	MEDIA PLAY: (June 7) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan media continued its feverish coverage of whether or not the Tigers will go to Tokyo. The LTTE's Tamilchelvan said that if the Tigers' request for an interim administration is met, they might yet go to Japan. Tamil newspaper headlines buzzed with Minister Moragoda's pr [...]	2003-06-09 05:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO983	MEDIA PLAY: (June 8) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. On the eve of the Tokyo Conference, a frenetic Sri Lankan media was consumed with talk of an interim administration for the north and east and the fate of donor money sans LTTE participation. Tamil newspapers were engrossed with Tokyo-related issues large and small - but especially [...]	2003-06-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO990	Mission conveys talking points re ICOC to [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 08:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC TSPA KSCA MV
03DJIBOUTI1631	FACILITATING US-AFRICA COOPERATION AT WTO [...] Post met with host country officials planning to attend the WTO ministerial. The Djiboutian delegation includes the Honorable Saleban Omar Oudine, Minister of Trade, his Adviser Mr. Abdourahman Doualeh Farah, and Mr. Hassan Doualeh, WTO Djiboutian Representative. 2. Post used the talking p [...]	2003-09-03 11:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ECON DJ WTO
03DJIBOUTI1656	DJIBOUTI: MEDIA COVERAGE ON EXPULSIONS [...] (U) PER REF A POST RELEASED A PRESS STATEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 4 DISSOCIATING THE USG FROM THE DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT'S RECENT IMMIGRATION POLICY. POST PRODUCED A FRENCH TRANSLATION AND GAVE WIDE RELEASE TO THE STATEMENT IN BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. POST ALSO DISTRIBUTED THE STA [...]	2003-09-08 12:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM DJ
03DJIBOUTI1660	DJIBOUTI NEC SITES - RESPONSE TO ASSEMBLY OF RELEVANT INFORMATION [...] Post researched the topics raised in ref. B) and provides the following responses. 2. REAL ESTATE QA. Is Fee Simple land ownership available to the USG ? If not, what other types of land interests are available ? If a Crown lease or similar long-term lease is available, how long is th [...]	2003-09-08 13:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMG
03DJIBOUTI1664	DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION [...] Ref demarche was presented September 10 to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan. 2. Mohamed Ali Hassan noted that there were no flights to the Western Hemisphere emanating from Djibouti. He said that U.S. concern about terrorist utilization of aircraft passing near or tr [...]	2003-09-10 11:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC DJ
03DJIBOUTI1674	DJIBOUTI: UNITED DONOR CONCERN ABOUT EXPULSIONS [...] Summary: Donors (France, EU, U.S., UN agencies) met September 11 to discuss the immediate problems surrounding a makeshift transit center near the Ethiopian border and likely impending problems attendant on forcible deportations that are to begin September 15. Donors agreed to try to present [...]	2003-09-11 13:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM DJ
03DJIBOUTI1675	DJIBOUTI: 9/11 CEREMONY [...] (U) Post held a simple commemorative ceremony in the residence garden on the morning of September 11. The event was widely attended by the diplomatic corps and the resident military leadership. The Charge d'Affaires delivered portions of President Bush's Patriot Day message. The Djiboutian [...]	2003-09-14 05:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO DJ
03DJIBOUTI1819	SOMALILAND MINISTERS REQUEST USG SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Djibouti representatives received Somaliland requests for counterterrorism assistance in a brief meeting with the the secessionist region's Ministers of Defense, Interior, and Rehabilitation and Returning Refugees September 29, 2003. The Embassy reiterated the USG p [...]	2003-10-05 07:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MAS PBTS PREL DJ SO
03DJIBOUTI1847	STATUS REQUEST BOR BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] INTRODUCTION: DJIBOUTI IMPORTS MOST OF ITS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ALMOST ALL OF ITS FOOD CONSUMPTION. THE HOST NATION RETAINS CLOSE RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ITS IMPORTS. AGRICULTURE IS NOT DEVELOPED AND REPRESENTS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY' [...]	2003-10-13 08:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL DJ
03FRANKFURT10308	Responses to Commission Communication on Company [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has published a synthesis of the results of the consultation on its Communication on "Modernising Company Law and enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union". While there was widespread support for a very large majority of the proposals, [...]	2003-12-18 08:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10314	ECB on the Stability and Growth Pact: Results or [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank (ECB) was exceptionally, sternly and publicly critical of Ecofin's decision on Germany and France under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP),but has been careful neither to trash the SGP nor the process. Rather, their message is that the SGP lives a [...]	2003-12-18 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10320	ECB Staff Projections: Growth to Pick Up in 2004 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB's) December staff projections suggest real Euro area annual average growth of 0.4% in 2003 rising to 1.6% in 2004 and 2.4% in 2005. The basic story is that exports will help lift growth in the near term followed by a strengthening of domestic [...]	2003-12-18 13:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT10327	THE GERMAN BANKING SECTOR -- SOMETHING HAPPENS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From speculation over banking mega-mergers, to mooted collapse of the three- pillared banking system, to a circling of the wagons to protect against foreign invaders, the German banking sector is abuzz with rumor. With too many German banks a [...]	2003-12-18 14:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT1212	FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NEHM DESCRIBES GERMANY'S COUNTER- [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on February 3, Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said that bilateral cooperation is good at the working level, despite recent tensions in overall German-American relations. Nehm is confident that the Hamburg trial of Motassadeq will end soon and i [...]	2003-02-07 14:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03FRANKFURT2405	VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]	2003-03-20 11:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03FRANKFURT392	CAN THE CDU WIN AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN THE HESSE [...] The latest polls in Hesse, released January 8 and 9, put CDU Minister-President Koch ahead of his SPD challenger Gerhard Boekel by near 15 percentage points. There is an increasing possibility that the CDU could win an absolute majority and not require any assistance from the FDP, who may ha [...]	2003-01-15 09:14:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT3948	SOUTHWEST SPD SPLIT ON SCHROEDER'S AGENDA 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Many in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W),Hesse, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Saarland are fiercely opposed to Chancellor Schroeder's Agenda 2010 reform plan. In B-W and R-P, the SPD leadership generally approves the Schroeder plan but the rank-and-fil [...]	2003-05-15 14:03:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON ELAB SCUL GM
03FRANKFURT5668	SAARLAND'S POPULAR MINISTER-PRESIDENT PETER [...] (SBU) Summary: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller represents the center-left membership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Known for his unorthodox, provocative political style, he one of the most outspoken CDU Minister-Presidents. He faces state elections in summer 2004 and cu [...]	2003-07-10 14:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ELAB GM
03FRANKFURT5976	THREAT LETTER AGAINST US EMBASSY ACCRA AND MARINE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, 2003 RSO Frankfurt received an unsigned letter, in broken German, warning of Arab planned attacks against Marine Corps Cantonment areas and the US Embassy housing area in the capital of Ghana. The timing and method of attack(s) is not specified. The letter was rec [...]	2003-07-22 11:24:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
03FRANKFURT6409	Stability and Growth Pact: Listerine Syndrome; [...] Summary: "The taste people hate, twice a day." Wretchedly-tasking Listerine's old advertising slogan is akin to the criticism of the EU Stability and Growth Pact (SGP): we don't like these rules, but we need rules at least twice a year when budget results are issued [...]	2003-08-04 13:47:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT7038	Securities Exchanges, Clearing and Settlement: [...] (SBU) Introduction: The European world of clearing and settlement is not as boring as these dreary back-office chores imply. Intense rivalry in the market place has become even more so - spreading beyond the continent, across the channel and across the Atlantic. Deu [...]	2003-08-26 13:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT7208	Prospectus Directive: Final Adoption is Milestone [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 13:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT7786	Protests Follow Hesse/Koch Austerity Plan of Less [...] SUMMARY: Hesse Minister-President (M-P) Roland Koch's announcement of austerity measures, including a one-billion Euro cut in the Hesse state budget, longer working hours for public employees, cuts in wages and subsidies, and the sale of state assets resulted in demonstrations by public sect [...]	2003-09-18 14:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
03FRANKFURT7909	CDU Stumbles on Welfare Reform as Saarland Jumps [...] The CDU-led Saarland government has rejected a Christian Democratic proposal for paying unemployment benefits at the local level. Together with poorer CDU-led states in eastern Germany, Saarland could give the Schroeder government a Bundesrat majority on welfare reform -- and hand a defeat to [...]	2003-09-23 14:10:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON GM
03FRANKFURT8257	Economic Forecast for Germany: Waiting for a [...] (SBU) Summary: The German economy is expected, at best, to stagnate in 2003. Since GDP declined by -0.3% in the first half of the year compared to the previous half- year, positive GDP growth in 2003 is no longer achievable. Driven by improving net exports, German economy [...]	2003-10-06 05:48:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8258	German Banks: Light at the End of the Tunnel? [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: The first half of 2003 witnessed stabilization in the German banking sector after a disastrous 2002 - the worst since the war. However, German banks are not out of the woods yet. Continuing benefits of cost cutting, consolidation, cooperation on [...]	2003-10-06 05:49:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8335	HEADSCARF VERDICT LIKELY TO GENERATE NEW [...] SUMMARY: In a landmark decision, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled September 24 that Fereshta Ludin (a German teacher of Afghan descent) may teach in a public school without removing her headscarf, but strengthened the authority of German states to regulate religious expressi [...]	2003-10-08 05:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT8629	Expert report on best practices for financial [...] (SBU) Summary: In September a group of European experts issued a report to the European Commission with 31 recommendations on best practices for financial analysts. This work coincides with work underway in the US, UK and the International Organization of Securities Commis [...]	2003-10-20 07:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8839	Economic Europe: A Year of Redefinition? Or a [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In his book "Struggle for Europe," Yale University historian (and foreign service brat) William Hitchcock describes not wars that have swept through Europe but trials and tribulations of peacetime in post WWII Europe. As the title suggests, peace does not mea [...]	2003-10-24 14:42:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8852	EU Stability and Growth Pact: Commission Wakes to [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 07:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT8965	Investment Services Directive: Ruffled Feathers [...] (SBU) Summary: The political agreement reached by EU Finance Ministers on the Investment Services Directive (ISD) on October 7 ruffled more than a few feathers. The UK is upset with the Italians who pushed through a position over the British objections; the European Commission is upset with [...]	2003-10-30 06:31:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9271	BaFin guidelines on cross-border provision of [...] (SBU) Summary: In September 2003, the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued interpretive guidelines on how it will treat the cross-border provision of financial services into Germany. According to the recent guidelines, targeted offers of banking or other [...]	2003-11-10 14:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9273	FRANKFURT AIRPORT EXPANSION HITS SAFETY HURDLE [...] SUMMARY: The expansion of Frankfurt airport has hit a safety hurdle: the advisory German Safety Commission (Stoerfallkommission des Bundes),as well as the European Commission, are examining risks associated with the Ticona chemical plant located near the planned new runway. The advisory c [...]	2003-11-10 14:37:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV SENV GM
03FRANKFURT9404	European Financial Market Regulatory [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's November 6 launch of measures to extend the Lamfalussy procedures beyond securities to banking and insurance means all financial services governed at the EU level will be covered by a combination of policy and supervisory committee [...]	2003-11-14 08:45:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9685	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG BLOCKS WINDMILLS, PROPOSES [...] SUMMARY: The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) has blocked a windmill park near Freiburg and proposed extending the life of nuclear reactors, fueling a political battle with broader implications. The CDU-FDP (Christian Democrat / Free Democrat) B-W government favors reopening debate on the [...]	2003-11-24 13:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM
03FRANKFURT9824	The EU Stability and Growth Pact: Dead, On Ice, It [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:34:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
03GUATEMALA1015	LOS CIMIENTOS: A PORTILLO PRESS SPECTACLE AND NEW [...] (U) Summary: On April 8, HROff and EconOff attended President Portillo's inauguration of a primary school at the new site of the Los Cimientos Community in San Vincente, Siquinala, Escuintla. After the flashy Presidential press opportunity, HROff and EconOff visited the community's temporary [...]	2003-04-15 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT
03GUATEMALA1108	GUATEMALA STILL STUDYING BALLISTIC MISSILE ICOC [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-28 19:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA GT
03GUATEMALA1125	VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE CENTER: GUATEMALA'S HRDF GRANT [...] (U) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the opportunity to propose an HRDF grant to help implement our human rights strategy.(Ref A) We believe that the Human Rights Victims' Assistance Center project outlined below offers an excellent opportunity to increase the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office cap [...]	2003-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KSEP GT
03GUATEMALA1131	LETTER TO PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] Confirm we have received and will deliver letter to President Portillo following working day. HAMILTON [...]	2003-04-26 18:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1189	SPURNED EX-PACS KIDNAP OFFICIALS, BURN PROPERTIES [...] Summary: Former civil patrol members (ex-PACs) on Guatemala's south coast rioted on May 5 to protest continued delays in promised GOG payments for their war-time service. In San Francisco Zapotitlan, a small municipality in Suchitepequez Province, former members of civil-defense committees too [...]	2003-05-07 20:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI ASEC CASC GT
03GUATEMALA1205	GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON TOBACCO CONTROL CONVENTION [...] PolOff discussed reftel points and left non-paper with Sylvia Corado, Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on May 5, 2003. Corado expressed appreciation for the Spanish language version of the non-paper, saying it would help her prod the Health Ministry. Corado said it [...]	2003-05-08 18:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT WHO
03GUATEMALA1254	URC-119 RADIO TRANSFER TO GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Ref A was Post's request for authorization to transfer one URC-119 High Frequency (HF) Radio Set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program. The transfer is part of a region-wide upgrade to provide an Automati [...]	2003-03-13 14:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MARR GT MACP
03GUATEMALA1277	GUATEMALA RATIFIED INSTRUMENTS ON PROTECTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 20:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1281	NATIONAL ELECTIONS CONVOKED FOR NOVEMBER 9 [...] The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) officially announced on May 15 the convocation of elections for President, all 158 seats in Guatemala's unicameral Congress and mayors and city council members to take place on November 9, 2003. If no candidate for President receives more than 50% of the v [...]	2003-05-16 14:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA1320	GUATEMALA: 2002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT UPDATE [...] Post recommends the following updates to the 2002 country report on religious freedom for Guatemala: Section I. ---------- No changes. Section II. ----------- Legal/Policy Framework Paragraph 1: Please replace "In April 2002, on the seventh anniversary of the signing of the accord, th [...]	2003-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF GT
03GUATEMALA1336	DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE PUERTO RICAN REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 15:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1337	GUATEMALA ON INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] Information provided below is keyed to reftel questions: A. The OAS Terrorism Convention is not currently on the legislative agenda. Congress is in recess until August. General elections will be held in November. The Foreign Ministry continues to consult internally and with various line M [...]	2003-05-23 15:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTIA AORC GT OAS
03GUATEMALA139	THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The primary obstacle to greater progress was the lack of effective leadership on the part of the Executive in fighting corruption, and the political polariz [...]	2003-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA146	OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO [...] (U) Summary: On January 16, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales unveiled a proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (for details on the proposal, see Ref A). The proposal was enthusiastically received by the press, human rights NGOs, and the international commu [...]	2003-01-17 18:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA147	GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO THE THIRD CICTE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Foreign Ministry. The Guatemalan delegation will be headed by Vice Minister Gabriel Aguilera of the Foriegn Ministry and will include Vice Minister of Interior Alfredo Caseres, Colonel Francisco Permudes [...]	2003-01-17 18:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AORC GT OAS
03GUATEMALA1561	RIOS MONTT CAMPAIGN SUFFERS THIRD LEGAL DEFEAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 22:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM PREL GT

03GUATEMALA159	LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ TO [...] Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez gave us on January 21 a letter to Secretary Powell (dated January 17) in which he thanks the Secretary for his letter (reftel) congratulating Gutierrez on his nomination as Foreign Minister. In his letter, Gutierrez expresses his desire to work together with t [...]	2003-01-21 21:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS GT BZ
03GUATEMALA1609	COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...]	2003-06-20 18:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA1692	MAJOR COCAINE SEIZURE IN GUATEMALAN HIGHLANDS [...] At 09:45 local time on June 27 a Bell 212 helicopter carrying 757 kilos of cocaine crashed near the town of San Francisco el Alto, in Totonicapan Department, near the border with Mexico. Its three crew members, injured in the crash, escaped and remain at large. Local police immediately arriv [...]	2003-06-29 20:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1693	SAIA INTERNAL REGULATIONS SIGNED BY MINISTER OF [...] Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon told the Ambassador on June 27 that he had signed the global internal regulations of the SAIA (Guatemala's counter-narcotics police). These new internal regulations, which were drafted in consultation with the Embassy, represent a major step [...]	2003-06-29 20:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1699	58TH UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOG [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 21:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GT UNGA UN
03GUATEMALA1743	SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY, [...] (U) On July 4, the Supreme Court denied the appeal of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt against a decision of the Registry of Citizens (Ref A) which stated that he could not be a candidate for President based on prohibitions contained in Article 186 of the Constitution. Twelve of th [...]	2003-07-07 19:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL GT
03GUATEMALA1751	GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-08 18:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI GT ECOSOC
03GUATEMALA1752	HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] In the absence of more senior officials, PolOff conveyed the Spanish version of reftel points to Marco Tulio Chicas, Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs on July 2 and followed up on July 7. Chicas said our points had been instrumental in preparing a briefing for his superiors, but that [...]	2003-07-08 18:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KSCA GT USUN
03GUATEMALA1806	SUPPORT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTOR [...] This is an action request for DRL. See para 8. 2. Summary: Attorney General Carlos De Leon has requested USG support for the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Human Rights Workers. De Leon cited the Public Ministry's resource constraints and the crit [...]	2003-07-15 17:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1853	AIDS Worker Escapes Kidnapping [...] (U) Summary: Violence against human rights workers has escalated in recent months and a group working to educate street workers on the prevention and danger of HIV/AIDS has been the most recent victim of such assaults. There have been several threats and acts of intimidation against workers [...]	2003-07-21 14:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT
03GUATEMALA1907	VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS OVER--FOR NOW [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 22:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT
03GUATEMALA2094	Vital Voices Meets With Guatemalan Women [...] (U) Summary: Vital Voices Global Partnership held a two-day Women's Leadership Retreat in Guatemala City in July. Present at the conference were approximately 40 women leaders from diverse backgrounds. The Ambassador hosted a reception in honor of the group attended by more than 100 women [...]	2003-08-18 14:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT WHA PDA
03GUATEMALA2108	CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...] Summary: In response to Ref A, this cable provides update information to supplement Refs B (last year's Child Labor report, which otherwise remains valid) and C (Guatemala Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report). Significant child labor developments over the past year include publication of a ne [...]	2003-08-19 15:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI GT USAID
03GUATEMALA2277	DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-04 18:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT
03GUATEMALA2278	PRESIDENT SIGNS MINI-SOFA DECREE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-04 18:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MASS MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA2341	STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 21:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA2387	GT NAVY BRINGS IN 102 STRANDED ILLEGAL ALIENS [...] The Guatemalan Navy launched patrol boats in response to information from the Embassy's Tactical Analysis Team indicating an Ecuadorian vessel, possibly transporting narcotics, was stalled 40 nautical miles southwest of Guatemala's Puerto Quetzal. The vessel "Matheus Tollet" was intercepted a [...]	2003-09-16 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA2413	ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES FOR GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] Summary. This message provides information about procedures to prevent electoral fraud in response to questions raised at the September 4 Policy Coordinating Committee meeting on Guatemala. We are encouraged by the measures that electoral authorities and institutions are taking to reduce po [...]	2003-09-18 20:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR GT
03GUATEMALA2426	URGENT MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 18:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL GT UNGA
03GUATEMALA2461	ICOC - GUATEMALA UNABLE TO SUBSCRIBE BY OCTOBER [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 21:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GT MTCRE
03GUATEMALA2473	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL KOLBE [...] (U) Summary: Your September 27-29 visit to Guatemala comes in the final weeks of Guatemala's heated national election campaign, leading up to the November 9 election of the President, all members of the unicameral Congress and all local government officials. The sometimes violent confrontatio [...]	2003-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2486	INVITATION TO THE SECRETARY TO GUATEMALAN [...] A letter addressed to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez, dated September 18, was delivered to the Embassy on September 24. The original letter will be pouched to WHA/CEN. Text of the letter follows. 2. Begin Text: Excellency, Mister Secretary of State: It is my ho [...]	2003-09-25 22:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA2527	GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 15:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA2587	GERARDI WITNESS MURDERED [...] Press reported the murder on October 5 of Erick Urizar, a defense witness in the murder case of Bishop Juan Gerardi. Urizar was shot while exiting his gun shop in the capital with his brother. He had provided an alibi for ex-Capitan Byron Lima Oliva, convicted to 30 years imprisonment (since [...]	2003-10-07 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2613	CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION REQUEST [...] In response to reftel request for information on legal remedies or actions the GOG can take to address violations of or non-compliance with labor and/or environmental laws, we submit the following: 2. Labor --------- -- Violations of labor law are generally brought to the attention of [...]	2003-10-09 18:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SENV ETRD GT
03GUATEMALA2615	CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION REQUEST [...] This message is in response to RefTel request for information on legal remedies or actions the GOG can take to address violations of or non-compliance with labor and/or environmental laws. 2. Labor --------- -- Violations of labor law are generally brought to the attention of authorit [...]	2003-10-09 19:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SENV ETRD GT
03GUATEMALA2623	GUATEMALA: SUPPORT FOR LEVITSKY NOMINATION TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT
03GUATEMALA2630	GUATEMALA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AIDS PROGRAM [...] Summary: On October 9, the Ambassador attended a GOG presentation to elicit support for its latest attempt to secure funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The Guatemalan AIDS proposal, slightly modified since its last presentation in Geneva in March, will be v [...]	2003-10-10 17:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO EAID GT UNDP UNESCO
03GUATEMALA2635	RIGOBERTA MENCHU HARASSED BY FRG SUPPORTERS [...] Summary: Nobel Peace Prize winner and indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum was harassed by supporters of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt inside the Constitutional Court building on October 9. Although she was not harmed, Menchu still sounded shaken by the incident ear [...]	2003-10-10 18:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PINS GT OAS
03GUATEMALA2649	DEMARCHE TO THE GOG ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] DCM and Polcouns met with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Aguilera and MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Carla Rodriguez on October 15 to request GOG support for the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture. The DCM provided the MFA with a d [...]	2003-10-15 23:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM GT UNHCR
03GUATEMALA2650	GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON CLONING [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 23:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO GT UNGA KSCI
03GUATEMALA2651	GUATEMALA'S DELEGATION TO OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on October 7. In a follow-up meeting on October 9, Rodriguez said that the Guatemalan delegation would be led by Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez. Other delegates include Mini [...]	2003-10-15 23:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC MARR PARM XM XL XS GT
03GUATEMALA2659	INAUGURAL INVITATION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On October 15, the Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 9-1452 from the Directorate of Protocol at the Foreign Ministry. The note, unofficially translated in paragraph 2, is a cover letter for an invitation to President Bush from President Portillo to attend the January 14 inauguration in [...]	2003-10-16 17:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP GT
03GUATEMALA2727	GUATEMALA ON COLOMBIAN'S SIDE DECLARATION AT OAS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 18:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CO GT OAS
03GUATEMALA2728	ELECTION SNAPSHOT #2: SOUTH COAST HOT SPOTS [...] Summary: Election officials in Suchitepequez and Esquintla provinces generally anticipate a transparent process, with minimal vote fraud. Election officials, OAS observers, and men and women encountered in the street all anticipate high voter turnout. Based on a tiny, unscientific sample, [...]	2003-10-24 18:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2783	FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 21:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM GT UNHCR
03GUATEMALA2802	VOTERS IN JALAPA SET TO CAST BALLOTS FOR "ANYBODY [...] Summary: Man-on-the-street interviews with voters in the Department of Jalapa suggest a strong backlash against the ruling FRG party and its candidate Efrain Rios Montt in the November 9 election. Jalapa voted overwhelmingly for the FRG in the past two elections, but respondents said the curren [...]	2003-11-03 18:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2845	UNRWA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 17:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA
03GUATEMALA2857	GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 16:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS GT UNSC
03GUATEMALA2864	ALL QUIET ON EVE OF GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] With fourteen hours to go before the opening of voting tables on November 9, no election-related disturbances have been reported. The prohibition on partisan campaigning went into effect at noon on November 7, and all the political parties have ceased campaigning. The sale of alcohol has bee [...]	2003-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2867	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN WITH LONG LINES [...] The polls opened on time, and reports from around the country indicate that voter participation is larger than in previous elections. Lines are long, and moved slowly at the beginning, frustrating many voters, but reports from many precincts indicate that by the second hour of voting, lines w [...]	2003-11-09 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID KDEM ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2869	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: PROBLEMS WITH VOTER [...] Embassy election observers around the country report that voter lines are moving slowly and many intending voters are not able to vote because of problems with the voter registration list ("padron electoral") or their voter identification document ("cedula"). Authorities in Chimaltenango Depa [...]	2003-11-09 23:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2870	GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: VERY PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] Early election results from around the country (often representing only one or two tables) at 8 p.m. on election night have given the following results. We note that the sample is too small to be considered statistically reliable, but does reflect the vote from the four corners of the country [...]	2003-11-10 02:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2880	GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 22:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA
03GUATEMALA2937	INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION CONTRIBUTES TO DECLINE [...] Summary: Protests, some violent, continue in communities where dissatisfaction with the mayoral election results is ongoing, but violence overall is much decreased from the 1999 elections. Allegations of 29 "political" murders during the electoral campaign were disputed by international observ [...]	2003-11-17 19:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR EAID GT
03GUATEMALA2942	EMBASSY ELECTION OBSERVATION: DISORGANIZATION, NOT [...] Summary: Guatemalans refused to be intimidated by predictions of violence and fraud, and braved the disorganized election process to vote in record numbers. Thirty-nine Embassy observers of the November 9 national elections witnessed this display of democratic participation by Guatemalans wh [...]	2003-11-17 22:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2948	RIOS MONTT CONCEDES, AND OTHER POST-ELECTION [...] Summary: On November 14, FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt publicly accepted the election results which put an end to his presidential aspirations. No challenges have been filed to the results of the national elections (and only minor challenges in municipal races). The Supreme Electoral [...]	2003-11-18 16:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA305	GERARDI SUPREME COURT APPEAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, the Supreme Court Chamber of Appeals held the public audience of the latest appeal in the Gerardi case. The Archbishop's Office on Human Rights (ODHA) and the Public Ministry presented their appeals of the fourth appeals court's October 8, 2002 decision (Ref A) to annu [...]	2003-02-04 23:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA307	CIRCULAR 175 REQUEST FOR NEW HORIZIONS 2004 [...] Summary and Action Request: Post requests circular 175 authority to negotiate an exercise-specific agreement with the Government of Guatemala (GOG) that would cover U.S. personnel participating the planned New Horizons 2004 - Guatemala exercise. Except for point number 13 which incorporates [...]	2003-02-05 13:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS MASS PREL GT
03GUATEMALA317	RULING PARTY OFFICIAL CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR CUBA [...] Aristedes Crespo, Floor Leader for the ruling FRG party in Congress, used the visit of three Cuban legislators to announce in Congress that the FRG would press President Portillo to support Cuba at this year's UNCHR in Geneva. Crespo said his remarks were in response to Cuba's long-standing so [...]	2003-02-05 21:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CU GT UNCHR
03GUATEMALA329	GUATEMALAN OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONDOLENCES FOR SPACE [...] Post has received numerous expressions of condolences over the tragic loss of the Columbia and her crew. Phone calls, faxes, letters and e-mails expressing sorrow and solidarity have come from private citizens as well as Guatemalan officials. Noteworthy are letters from President Portillo, [...]	2003-02-05 22:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL GT
03GUATEMALA428	PRISON RIOT KILLS GERARDI MURDERER, SIX OTHERS [...] Summary. Sergeant Jose Obdulio Villanueva, serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, was decapitated along with three other inmates during a prison riot on February 12. The riot was an internal power struggle between two groups of inmates. The sixth prison uprising in the [...]	2003-02-18 17:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM GT
03GUATEMALA429	GUATEMALA WILL NOT ADDRESS FEB 18 UNSC OPEN SESSION [...] Per reftel, DCM discussed Iraq's failure to disarm with Foreign Minister Gutierrez on February 17. Gutierrez was noncommittal. He requested a Spanish version of Secretary Powell's UNSC speech of February 14 (which Post will provide) and stated that Guatemala would not take the opportunity to [...]	2003-02-18 18:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC
03GUATEMALA55	ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] Embassy Guatemala has established a Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) comprising all the agencies at Post with law enforcement or security responsibilities, as well as appropriate Mission section heads. The HSWG will ensure Post is able to coordinate its resources to provide Mission-wide [...]	2003-01-08 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA551	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on February 27 to support the Ombudsman's proposal for the commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS). Morales was encouraged by President Portillo's recent official response and believes Vivanco's recent memo [...]	2003-02-28 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA577	GUATEMALA NOT FOCUSED ON REINFORCING THE NPT TREATY [...] PolOff conveyed reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, on February 19. Corado agreed that the DPRK's announced intention to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was worrisome but had no o [...]	2003-03-04 21:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KNNP GT NPT
03GUATEMALA64	AMBASSADOR HAMILTON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] Ambassador John R. Hamilton presented credentials to President Alfonso Portillo in a ceremony at the National Palace on the morning of January 8, 2003. 2. Following his presentation of Credentials, Ambassador Hamilton made the following statement to the press: In the course of the ceremon [...]	2003-01-09 21:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT APER GT
03GUATEMALA651	MACK CASE MISSTEP INCREASES SUSPICION [...] (U) Summary: The case against the GOG on behalf of the family of murdered anthropologist Myrna Mack was presented February 18-20 in the Inter-American Court in San Jose, Costa Rica. In the days leading up to the trial, FM Gutierrez attempted to short-circuit this hearing by publicly accepting [...]	2003-03-12 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS GT OAS
03GUATEMALA66	GUATEMALA NOMINEE FOR THE 2003 OMS CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Guatemala would like to nominate Paula C Wikle for the 2003 OMS Conference to be held March 16 through March 22 in Washington, DC. 2. Information on nominee is as follows: Paula C. Wikle, FP-06, Political Section OMS. Embassy Guatemala is a mid-sized embassy with 4 FS OMS assigned. [...]	2003-01-09 22:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AOMS APER AMGT AFSI GT
03GUATEMALA708	PORTILLO PLEDGES UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) President Alfonso Portillo sent the Ambassador a letter (text below) on March 17 expressing consideration for the difficult situation facing the U.S. and offering Portillo's personal unconditional support for the Ambassador and Embassy staff. Written without explicit reference to Iraq, [...]	2003-03-18 21:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR IZ GT
03GUATEMALA711	GUATEMALA WILL CONSIDER OAS BUDGET INCREASE IN JUNE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Sylvia Corado, at the Foreign Ministry on February 28. Corado said she would have to consult internally before she could speak officially. However, she speculated that, given "severe" budget constraints, th [...]	2003-03-18 21:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT USOAS
03GUATEMALA724	MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN [...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...]	2003-03-19 20:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS SP GT
03GUATEMALA73	URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...]	2003-01-10 16:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT
03GUATEMALA758	KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] In the absence of the Director General for Multilateral Affairs, PolOff discussed reftel points with his assistant, Sylvia Corado on March 21. Corado said the MFA had anticipated our position on this issue and agreed that the UN Charter gives responsibility for international peace and securi [...]	2003-03-21 18:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ GT UNSC HNCHR
03GUATEMALA759	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LABOR ISSUES [...] Ref A requests information about current or recently completed technical cooperation activities in the labor field. That information was included in Ref B and is included in Paras 2-9 below. Information about USAID bilateral projects in the labor sector is included in Paras 10-11, and USAID [...]	2003-03-21 18:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID KSUM ECON SOCI GT
03GUATEMALA760	FOREIGN MINISTER ON KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE [...] Ambassador made reftel points to Foreign Minister Gutierrez by phone on March 21. Gutierrez responded that the Government of Guatemala agrees that Iraq is an issue for the Security Council exclusively. However, Gutierrez would not clearly commit to supporting us on substance. HAMILTON [...]	2003-03-21 18:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ GT UNSC UNCHR
03GUATEMALA890	EMBASSY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND CUBA WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: Embassy and USAID Officers met with Guatemalan human rights leaders Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss developments in the establishment of CICIACS (septel) and to express Embassy disappointment with the participation of members of their organizatio [...]	2003-04-03 16:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ASEC IZ CU GT
03GUATEMALA91	G/TIP INVITEE CONFIRMED: ANA CARPIO ALFARO [...] Reftel invitation to the February 23-25 international conference entitled "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking" was delivered on January 13 to Ana Ignez Carpio Alfaro, International Correspondent for Telemundo based in Guatemala. Ms. Carpio accepted the invita [...]	2003-01-14 16:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM CVIS KWMN SMIG PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA916	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT RECEIVES LIMITED PRESS COVERAGE [...] (U) Summary: Upon public release of the 2002 Human Rights Report (HRR) on March 31, Embassy issued a press statement from the Ambassador highlighting the USG human rights concerns in Guatemala and areas where we believe improvements can made. However, neither the report nor the Ambassador's s [...]	2003-04-07 15:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
03GUATEMALA929	NGOS UPBEAT ON CICIACS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy officers met with human rights activists Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa, and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss both the recent protest by human rights groups in front of the Embassy and their silence on Cuban dissident jailing (Ref A),as well as steps that the Embassy ca [...]	2003-04-08 13:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA962	OMINOUS SIGNS COME IN THREES: LATEST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Both in the capital and farther afield, new human rights concerns are popping up in Guatemala. To the north, in Quiche, a Mayan priest and human rights activist was murdered; to the east, in Izabal, the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH) Auxiliary office was ransacked; here in the Guatemala Cit [...]	2003-04-10 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS GT
03HALIFAX10	CANADIAN PORT SECURITY MEASURES ANNOUNCED IN HALIFAX [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Atlantic Canada and Halifax port officials are satisfied that the Canadian government's port security initiative, announced at a Halifax news conference by four federal cabinet ministers on January 22, is a step in the [...]	2003-01-23 15:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV ETRD EWWT CA
03HALIFAX108	ALIEN SMUGGLING AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The port of Halifax is facing a growing problem of stowaways, primarily of Romanian nationality, who arrive here hidden in shipping containers on board commercial freight vessels originating at southern European ports. Certain s [...]	2003-04-03 20:43:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG CVIS PBTS EWWT CA
03HALIFAX110	FDA BIOTERRORISM MEASURES: NEWFOUNDLAND SEEKS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The province of Newfoundland-Labrador believes its exporters of fish and other perishable products should get special consideration when the USG implements new FDA border measures to combat bioterrorism. Newfoundland, which depe [...]	2003-04-04 21:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US FDA
03HALIFAX119	HALIFAX CULTURAL DIVERSITY SEMINAR [...] The Department of Canadian Heritage hosted a seminar on a proposed International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 27-28, 2003. Most of the discussion focused on audiovisual trade issues. Culture ministry officials and NGO representatives argued that a new [...]	2003-04-09 19:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KPAO SCUL UNESCO
03HALIFAX167	NEWFOUNDLAND CHALLENGES OTTAWA OVER FISH [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Newfoundland-Labrador government, stung by Ottawa's decision to shut down the province's cod fishery, is seeking a constitutional amendment to force the federal government to share control of the fishing industry. (END SUMMAR [...]	2003-05-15 15:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIS ECON CA
03HALIFAX238	Nova Scotia Provincial Elections: Tories Left with a [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) Summary: Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm will serve another term in office following this week's provincial elections, but he will do so as head of a minority government. Hamm's Progressive Conservative Party lost seats to both the New Dem [...]	2003-08-08 13:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV
03HALIFAX308	THANKS A LOT, JUAN [...] SUMMARY: Hurricane Juan crashed through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island during the late evening/early morning of September 28/29, leaving two dead, two missing and millions of dollars in property damage. We have no reports of AMCIT deaths or injuries. Consulate is open to the public bu [...]	2003-09-30 10:24:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON AEMR CASC ASEC CA
03HALIFAX348	PRELIMINARY REACTION TO PROPOSED MERGER OF CA AND TORY [...] News of the proposed merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Parties is getting mixed reaction throughout Canada's four Atlantic Provinces. Most local representatives of the two parties appear optimistic that the tentative merger will actually work and will result in a ne [...]	2003-10-17 15:16:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
03HALIFAX352	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA: SECURITY, ECONOMY, [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador's visit to Nova Scotia October 9 - 14 was useful in reinforcing a traditionally good relationship between the province and the U.S., as well as dispelling misperceptions about U.S. energy, environmental and foreign policy. Primary topics of discussion were security, econo [...]	2003-10-21 13:52:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EFIS ECON EPET MOPS SENV ASEC CA
03HALIFAX356	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...] SUMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservative Party in Newfoundland-Labrador. In an October 21 provincial election campaign, the Tories led by the charismatic business leader Danny Williams, solidly to [...]	2003-10-23 11:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EPET CA
03HALIFAX51	U.S. CUSTOMS AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED Q ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) officials in Halifax are pleased with the cooperation they have enjoyed over the past year with the U.S. Customs inspectors assigned to work at the Halifax port. Since U.S. Customs began ass [...]	2003-02-27 21:02:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL ETRD EWWT CA
03HALIFAX52	NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia provincial government remains optimistic about the future of the Deep Panuke offshore natural gas project despite EnCanaQs decision to halt work for the time being. The province is eager to persuade USG officials of Atlantic [...]	2003-02-28 17:41:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV ETRD CA US
03HALIFAX86	ANTI-WAR PROTESTS IN HALIFAX [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) AS REPORTED VIA E-MAILS OVER THE PAST WEEK, CONGEN HALIFAX HAS BEEN THE SITE OF THREE MAJOR (BY ATLANTIC CANADA STANDARDS) ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ. ALL THREE PROTESTS---ORGANIZED BY A COMBINAT [...]	2003-03-26 20:01:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL CA US
03HALIFAX91	CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR: [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) CANADIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES, MOST OF WHOM CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO HAVE A STAUNCHLY PRO-U.S. WORLD VIEW ON MOST ISSUES, ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER THE WAR IN IRAQ. IN DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE INCLU [...]	2003-03-26 21:17:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC KPAO CA US
03HALIFAX93	CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD [...] THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA (TSB) TODAY RELEASED ITS FINAL REPORT ON SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111, WHICH CRASHED OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1998, KILLING ALL ABOARD, INCLUDING 103 AMERICAN CITIZENS. THIS REPORT MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF THE TSB'S LONGEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE [...]	2003-03-27 19:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EAIR CA US
03HANOI1063	NAM CAN BORDER OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Vietnam - Laos Nam Can border crossing in Nghe An province opened to foreigners in January 2003. There appears to be a frenzy of building activity in and around the border, but cross border traffic remains modest. Smuggling of drugs and other contraband in the border are [...]	2003-05-01 23:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR SOCI PGOV ETRD ECON EAID LA VM CNARC
03HANOI1144	VIETNAM: Have Money? Get ESPN (and CNN)! [...] Summary: Although the Vietnamese government (GVN) regulates access to foreign television, particularly news channels, enforcement of restrictions is limited and many Vietnamese citizens have access to CNN and other foreign channels. High-level CPV and GVN officials, as well as foreigners are [...]	2003-05-09 05:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI1233	VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON ADOPTIONS [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has indicated that the content of the draft MOU provided is generally quite good and close to their draft framework. However, the GVN is backtracking from earlier assurances by the former Vice Minister of Justice that Vietnam would be willing to go forward with an MOU [...]	2003-05-20 10:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI1258	VIETNAM: P.L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations [...] This cable was originally sent May 5, 2003 but encountered TERP transmission problems. Post apologizes for the delay. Responses to reftel questionnaire follow: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 2 - Yes, with some delay (more than one year) b. Wher [...]	2003-05-22 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD VM FINREF
03HANOI1320	REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung and the Ambassador (accompanied by DCM Porter and poloff) held a two-hour discussion on bilateral issues on May 27. The meeting received generally positive coverage in the state-controlled print and broadcast media. Dung highlight [...]	2003-05-30 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF OEXC ECON ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI135	Vietnam on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, GVN officials discussed religious freedom issues originally raised by Ambassador Hanford at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue in a frank manner, but had little specific information. The most welcome news was that the Southern [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI136	Reclama to GVN on USAID program in Central Highlands [...] (U) On January 14, Ambassador raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang the GVN's unfortunate refusal to allow implementation of the Kontum provincial portion of a larger USAID-funded project on disabilities. Aware of the sensitivities of having a US-based organization carry out a pro [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PHUM EAID VM
03HANOI1362	Cadre Rotation - Grooming the next generation of [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is attempting to breathe new life into "cadre rotation" in order to train the next generation of leaders as well as to improve the quality of government service and to fight systemic local corruption. Cadre rotation was common during wartime and in the years immediatel [...]	2003-06-03 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI1411	TRAINING VIETNAM'S JUDGES: MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: The low quality of professional skills among Vietnamese judges at all levels -- local, provincial and national -- is a well-recognized problem (refs c & d). Judges for the high-profile Nam Cam trial in Ho Chi Minh City (ref a) were carefully picked from among the best available [...]	2003-06-09 06:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI VM
03HANOI1437	VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...]	2003-06-11 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM
03HANOI1504	LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. In what Vietnam's state-controlled media reported as the "largest single heroin seizure ever" in Vietnam, Quang Tri provincial counternarcotics police seized approximately 40 kilograms of heroin entering Vietnam in a truck near the Lao Bao border crossing. Five people are under [...]	2003-06-17 06:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC
03HANOI1510	ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Prime Ministerial degree in March 2003 reaffirmed the MFA's main diplomatic functions as the GVN's main foreign affairs agency and also confirmed its leadership over Vietnam's Border Commission and increasingly active Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The new decree is u [...]	2003-06-18 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL VM
03HANOI1549	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...]	2003-06-20 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI1554	Khmer and Cham in Vietnam -- [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the Cambodian border is home to members of all of Vietnam's recognized religious faiths and two of its larger ethnic minorities, the Khmer and the Cham. The Khmer follow Theravada Buddhism, while most Vietnamese Buddhists belong to the [...]	2003-06-20 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE

03HANOI1555	GVN Complains TIP Report Shorts Its Efforts [...] (U) Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung complained to DCM during a June 20 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that Vietnam's placement on Tier II and in particular the evaluation of Vietnam's law enforcement efforts against Trafficking in Persons do not "truly reflect re [...]	2003-06-20 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP
03HANOI1671	An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...]	2003-07-02 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP
03HANOI1759	VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI1797	NEW EFFORTS TO COMBAT PROSTITUTION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance should strengthen efforts aimed at combating prostitution in Vietnam and its related effects. The most striking point of the new ordinance is its inclusion of purchasers of sex, specifically focusing on government officials, thus expanding prohibited acts to inc [...]	2003-07-15 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI1821	REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (U) Court officials in Ha Nam province on July 17 confirmed media reports that the court had reduced the cumulative 15 years sentences of Catholic Father Nguyen Van Ly by five years in recognition of his "good behavior" in prison. Court o [...]	2003-07-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI1840	HANOI'S TOURIST LANDSCAPE AND POST-SARS TERRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Tourism dropped significantly in Vietnam due to SARS -- at least 30 pct nationwide and as much as 90 pct in Hanoi -- in spring 2003. The GVN is trying to get back on track with new promotions and reach earlier targets for 2005. Europeans and Americans, combined, make up about [...]	2003-07-21 06:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC SOCI VM
03HANOI1864	UPDATE ON PRISONERS OF CONCERN [...] (U) On July 21, the MFA's International Organizations Department provided an update dated July 17 on 28 persons of concern, whose names had been on a longer list provided by the Embassy earlier this year, covering both religious and political prisoners. The MFA's information is quoted below [...]	2003-07-22 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI1870	VIETNAM ADOPTIONS: NO FORWARD MOTION, LOSS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) reorganization has all but halted forward progress on reaching any bilateral understanding on adoptions. Post has yet to receive written confirmation that a document other than a bilateral agreement will be acceptable, and has been told that the [...]	2003-07-23 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI1885	LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM (PART II) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Some of Vietnam's state-controlled media have reported that a second comprehensive search of the same truck seized on June 9 led to the recent discovery of another 33 kilograms of heroin, in addition to the 40 kilograms uncovered during the first inspection. A senior [...]	2003-07-24 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC
03HANOI1967	Vietnam: GVN PLANS REDESIGN OF TEXTILE ALLOCATION [...] SUMMARY: An inter-ministerial GVN committee has begun a comprehensive verification of the capacity of all factories allocated quota to export to the U.S. in 2003. MOT has already revoked quota from factories that were found to have over-reported their production capacity in their application [...]	2003-08-01 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX VM
03HANOI197	VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF SMARTWORK LABOR COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together (SMARTWork) project officially commenced on January 23. The Charge and senior GVN officials spoke at the launch. The SMARTWork project focuses on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the workpl [...]	2003-01-24 05:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD SOCI VM HIV AIDS
03HANOI1989	AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: On July 3, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese VFM Nguyen Dinh Bin to deliver Ref A talking points on the status of joint research on Agent Orange/Dioxin. Bin emphasized the GVN's gratitude for humanitarian efforts by non-governmental organizations and U.S. congresspersons who have a [...]	2003-08-05 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCI SENV EAID VM
03HANOI1995	OUTGOING FRENCH ADOPTIONS OFFICIAL SAYS VIETNAM IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the precision in the French adoption agreement with Vietnam, French adoptions are encountering problems at the provincial levels. Significant problems include demands for donations/fees in excess of those set in the French agreement, unclear origins of adoptive childr [...]	2003-08-07 00:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
03HANOI2042	WHAT'S (NOT) AVAILABLE AT HANOI'S BOOKSTORES [...] (U) Summary: Government controls continue to ensure that both imported and locally printed books stay within acceptable bounds. Fictional works increasingly are the most popular offerings in Hanoi's bookstores, instead of previous foci on ideological or political titles. Some political publ [...]	2003-08-11 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI2047	FAMILY PLANNING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance on family planning enshrines individual choice of family size and timing, while "encouraging" small families and seeking "rational" population structure and distribution. There is a clear concern about growing over-population in urban areas and a need to keep p [...]	2003-08-12 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV VM
03HANOI2068	VIETNAM: NY LIFE HOSTS SEMINAR ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: On August 5 in Hanoi at a seminar on Vietnam's WTO accession hosted by New York Life (NYL),Charge expressed strong support for Vietnam's efforts to accede to the WTO while also emphasizing the heavy workload Vietnam must complete in order to meet this goal. Opening the seminar, DPM [...]	2003-08-15 01:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTO
03HANOI2074	Correcting judicial wrongs: welcome steps [...] (U) Summary. A new Vietnamese National Assembly resolution enables victims of judicial and police injustice to seek financial compensation from the responsible government agencies and even individual official(s). The resolution holds officials personally responsible for misadministration of [...]	2003-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS VM
03HANOI2077	CURRENT RELIGIOUS SITUATION - THE OFFICIAL VIEW [...] (U) Summary: Officials from the Government Committee on Religious Affairs and the Ho Chi Minh Political Academy's Centers on Human Rights and Religious Studies have reiterated that Vietnamese are free to practice religion, that the GVN not only permits the practice of religion but actively su [...]	2003-08-15 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI208	VIETNAM: SON LA DAM APPROVED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In December, the 11th National Assembly gave "final" approval for the long-planned construction of the Son La Dam and hydroelectric plant in northwest Vietnam. The planning phase for this project has spanned more than 30 years and has instigated one of the more lengthy and intere [...]	2003-01-27 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV EAID VM ETMIN
03HANOI2113	VIETNAM: FY-2004 FOOD AID REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: Post requests a food aid grant of $6 million (roughly 45,000 metric tons) of wheat. Most of the monetized proceeds will be used to construct primary schools and irrigation projects in poor rural areas. The remaining funds will be used to continue a range of agricultural science an [...]	2003-08-20 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KSEP VM
03HANOI2116	A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES POPULATION, FAMILY, AND [...] (U) Summary: In discussions with A/S Dewey, National Committee for Population, Family, and Children's Affairs officials stressed that GVN policies guarantee and respect the right of citizens "freely and responsibly to choose the size of the family." At the same time, they said, GVN policy a [...]	2003-08-20 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM
03HANOI2168	REDUCTION OF PHAM HONG SON'S SENTENCE [...] (U) According to a two Western media sources, Appeals Court officials in Hanoi confirmed that the 13 year sentence of activist Pham Hong Son (ref a) was reduced to 5 years during a brief hearing on August 26. (Son will still apparently be subject to three years' house detention after comple [...]	2003-08-26 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
03HANOI2175	KEEPING A FOCUS ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. According to CPV officials and official media reports, corruption remains an endemic problem in Vietnam at all levels, but the GVN and CPV are actively taking steps to go after at least some officials. Sweden is assisting with a grant for a "research" project on "root causes" [...]	2003-08-27 06:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI219	MFA update on some detainees of concern [...] (SBU) In response to inquiry from poloff on January 28, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organization Department Senior Expert Hong Bich Lien provided updates on the status of several prominent activists whose detentions have sparked international and USG concern. She promised on J [...]	2003-01-28 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS VM
03HANOI220	MORE SENTENCES FOR PUBLIC PROTESTS [...] (U) An official of the Nam Dinh Provincial People's Court confirmed to emboff on January 28 the substance of media reports (ref a) about the sentencing on December 18 of ten people involved in public protests in Hong Thuan commune of Giao Thuy district in that province. He also confirmed th [...]	2003-01-28 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
03HANOI2254	VIETNAM AG EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request -- see Paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY: As noted in Reftels, Vietnam is very interested in continuing its agricultural exports to Iraq under the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program, and whatever replaces the OFF program. Vietnamese contacts, ranging from the Prime Minister to var [...]	2003-09-05 00:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAGR ECON EFIN IZ VM UNSC
03HANOI2260	VIETNAM AND IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...]	2003-09-05 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM
03HANOI2287	RELIGION IN VIETNAM - THREE CONTRASTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings on September 4 in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's William Inboden, prominent Buddhist, Protestant, and Catholic leaders provided personal perspectives on the religious situation in Vietnam that ranged from rosy to troubled. (Ref a reported on EAP/BCLTV's discussions with reli [...]	2003-09-10 00:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HANOI2310	IMPRISONMENT OF A HMONG PROTESTANT [...] (U) A reliable Vietnamese Protestant source has provided what appear to be genuine court documents related to the prosecution and conviction of a Hmong Protestant named Ma A Chau (also known as Mua A Chau),who had earlier (reftel) been reported to have been detained in Lai Chau province on [...]	2003-09-11 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HANOI2320	NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...]	2003-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI2323	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...]	2003-09-15 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP
03HANOI2362	RESULTS OF USG CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: On September 12, 2003, a delegation of U.S. government climate change and energy officials, led by Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, OES, had a short but full schedule in Vietnam, including a variety of government meetings and public diplomacy [...]	2003-09-18 00:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TH MY VM
03HANOI240	VVAF AND MOD SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT [...] (U) Another small, but historic step in the bilateral relationship took place in Hanoi on January 27, when the Ministry of Defense (MOD) signed an MOU for a survey of landmines and UXO with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. The Director of Defense Ministry's Demining Command (BOMICO [...]	2003-01-29 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS VM US
03HANOI2413	UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...]	2003-09-24 01:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
03HANOI2462	CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS CHIEF MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: The CPV's top foreign affairs official told the Ambassador he wants better relations and "understanding" with the U.S., and that Vietnam would continue dialogue with the U.S. on human rights and "democracy." He also said Vietnam would participate in the rebuilding of Iraq "accor [...]	2003-09-26 00:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP IZ VM
03HANOI247	Punishing Minor Crimes "Administratively" [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) issued a new ordinance on "Administrative Violations" effective October 1, 2002. In the Vietnamese legal environment, administrative violations are not "serious" enough for court trial, but are handled by government officials. T [...]	2003-01-31 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS ECON SOCI CASC VM
03HANOI2521	VIETNAM AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Following up on our delivery of the Proliferation Security Initative's Statement of Interdiction Principles September 5 (ref c),Embassy coordinated with ten of the eleven PSI country Ambassadors in country (the eleventh, Portugal, does not have an Embassy in Vietnam) and obtained their si [...]	2003-10-01 07:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VM
03HANOI2532	Vietnamese Catholics install new Bishop [...] (U) In an open air ceremony in Son Tay town of Ha Tay province (adjacent to Hanoi),Vietnamese Catholics formally installed Father Anton Vu Huy Chuong as Bishop of Hung Hoa diocese, which covers most or all of the provinces of Ha Tay, Son La, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, and Phu Tho. As note [...]	2003-10-01 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI261	REACTION TO SECRETARY'S UNSC PRESENTATION [...] (U) In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on February 6, Charge delivered a copy of Secretary Powell's presentation to the February 5 open meeting of the UNSC and reinforced it with the points provided in para 2 of ref B. Hung said that the GVN was "still studying" the [...]	2003-02-06 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ VM
03HANOI2617	DPRK REFUGEE INCIDENTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam remains a link in the overland route taken by North Korean refugees on the way to Cambodia and Bangkok, as shown by two recent DPRK refugee-related incidents at USCG Ho Chi Minh City (septels). End summary. ------------------------------------------ US MISSION ENCOUNT [...]	2003-10-14 11:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF VM KO HUMANR DPRK
03HANOI2622	MEKONG SUBREGION ANTI-DRUG COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: At a recent six-party ministerial-level anti- drug conference in Hanoi, Thailand and China pushed hard for more concrete action against ATS and precursor chemicals. Conferees agreed that border liaison offices were effective and should be expanded, but one visited by poloff on the [...]	2003-10-14 11:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR EAID CH VM CNARC
03HANOI2630	VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...]	2003-10-15 10:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM
03HANOI2654	Vietnam -- BIOTECH REGs [...] Summary: Vietnam does not have a biotech framework law, but one is being developed. Vietnam does have several biotech labeling laws. However, they have not been implemented. There have not been any problems with biotech commodity trade, but Post will have to monitor the development of the new [...]	2003-10-17 03:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON SENV TBIO TSPL
03HANOI2778	VIETNAM'S IMPROVING LABOR CONDITIONS [...] SUMMARY: In the past year and a half since the inaugural labor dialogue (see ref A),Vietnam has seen significant changes in labor conditions. Improved employment opportunities due to a significant increase in trade with the United States, amendments to the Labor Code, the growing role of th [...]	2003-10-30 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR
03HANOI289	Vietnamese media critical on Iraq [...] (U) Senior GVN and Communist Party leaders have maintained a public silence in response to Secretary Powell's UNSC presentation. Answering written questions from foreign journalists on February 6, the MFA spokeswoman said that "now it is important to prevent wars" and reiterated Vietnam's w [...]	2003-02-07 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ VM
03HANOI2898	CONVICTION OF TRAN DUNG TIEN [...] (U) Activist Tran Dung Tien (usually described as a former bodyguard of Ho Chi Minh) was sentenced after a brief trial on November 12 to ten months in prison by the Hanoi People's Court under article of 258 of the Penal Code ("Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the [...]	2003-11-12 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI2996	THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...] (U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of each and every member to ensure that all meet the CPV high standards for behavior. Only then may they receive one of the new, more hi-tech membership cards. [...]	2003-11-19 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI3073	VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...]	2003-11-26 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER VM CTERR
03HANOI3156	ANOTHER CORRUPTION CASE HITS SOME HI-FLIERS [...] (U) Vietnamese media reported on December 3 the convictions of a former director of a real estate and marketing subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) -- La Thi Kim Oanh, who received a death sentence -- and two former MARD vice ministers -- Nguyen Thien Luan a [...]	2003-12-03 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
03HANOI3232	VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...]	2003-12-15 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP
03HANOI3243	VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] The following is the text of the draft National Trade Estimate report for Vietnam. 2. Begin Text of Report: TRADE SUMMARY The landmark U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement that seeks to normalize trade relations between the two countries came into effect on December 10, 2001, and [...]	2003-12-16 03:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN VM ASEAN BTA FINREF IPROP
03HANOI3252	THE SECOND U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) held a half-day labor dialogue on November 6 in Hanoi. This discussion, the second since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in November 2000, covered Vietnam' [...]	2003-12-16 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR
03HANOI3273	VIETNAM: TEXTILE QUOTAS AND TRANSSHIPMENT [...] (SBU) I understand that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) may soon consider requesting textile consultations with the GVN to discuss the findings of a U.S. Customs Textile Production Verification Team (TPVT) that visited Vietnam for three weeks last August. In [...]	2003-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL KTEX VM
03HANOI3277	GVN'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam is making some effort to engage the USG and other foreign governments more actively on human rights and religious freedom issues. European Union member diplomats spoke positively of the GVN's interaction in their human rights dialogue, and said it had [...]	2003-12-18 11:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI3288	VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...]	2003-12-19 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC
03HANOI329	2002 OFFICIAL VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS [...] (U) BELOW ARE OFFICIAL 2002 VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE STANDING OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL OF VIETNAM (SODC). THIS TABLE UPDATES REF B SUBMISSION. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT INCSR SUMMARY TABLES. SUMMARY TABLES FOR THREE YEARS -- 1. COCA. VIETNAM PRODUCED NO COCA IN 2001 OR PREV [...]	2003-02-11 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL VM CNARC
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI340	VIETNAM COUNTRY GATEWAY LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking another step in Vietnam's efforts to increase access to the internet, Vietnam and the World Bank launched the Vietnam Country Gateway Project in January. Understanding the importance of information technology to economic and social development, this project plans on p [...]	2003-02-12 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD EAID VM
03HANOI343	VIETNAM: ONE SMALL VICTORY IN IPR WAR [...] Vietnam's ongoing struggle to understand the value of protecting intellectual property rights was demonstrated clearly in January when an article in "The Guide" magazine, a monthly supplement to The Vietnam Economic Times (VET),proudly promoted Hanoi as "home to a thriving trade in copying C [...]	2003-02-12 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP
03HANOI353	DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnamese provincial drug treatment centers range from the most basic to relatively modern. Most suffer from a lack of physical and material resources. The addict population is a combination of those who enter voluntarily and others who are undergoing "compulsory" treatment. W [...]	2003-02-13 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC
03HANOI381	POSITIVE ON ASEAN COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES [...] (U) According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Department (MFA/ASEAN) expert Nguyen Thanh Huy, the GVN "is fully committed" to the international struggle against terrorism and will accede to ASEAN's "Agreement on Information Exchange and Establishment of Communication Procedures" signed [...]	2003-02-18 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM ARF ASEAN CNARC
03HANOI388	VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...]	2003-02-19 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP
03HANOI396	"PROTESTING" FOR PEACE IN IRAQ [...] (U) According to press reports, over 1,300 people turned up for a rally at Hanoi's downtown Cultural and Friendship Hall (a gift from the then-Soviet Union) on February 18 to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Iraq, express opposition to war and embargoes against Iraq, and to call for [...]	2003-02-19 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PTER IZ VM
03HANOI409	MORE PROTESTS OVER IRAQ [...] (U) On February 19, the national Youth Federation and the Hanoi Youth Federation jointly sponsored a rally at the Hanoi Medical University opposing war in Iraq and expressing solidarity with the people of Iraq. According to press reports, more than 1,000 students and young people from a var [...]	2003-02-20 08:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS IZ VM
03HANOI433	VIETNAM ON ARF ACTION ON NORTH KOREA [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated February 21, the MFA's ASEAN Department requested all ARF member Embassies in Hanoi transmit to their Foreign Ministers a copy of a February 21 letter from Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien to Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hamhong expressing qualified support fo [...]	2003-02-24 05:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN VM ASEAN DPRK
03HANOI475	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW INSTITUTE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a February 26 courtesy call, Ambassador Trinh Quang Thanh, the new Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Institute of International Relations (IIR),told Ambassador Burghardt that IIR "greatly appreciates" Embassy Hanoi's support and looks forward to a co [...]	2003-02-27 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS VM
03HANOI483	QUESTIONNAIRE ON DUTIES/TAXES AND CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP XXX
03HANOI520	ASEAN-US ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 5. 2. (U) ICM: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Tran Ngoc An confirmed on March 5 to Pol/C that ASEAN had agreed to hold the initial Informal Coordinating Mechanism (ICM) meeting in Vientiane during the afternoon of March 28, followi [...]	2003-03-05 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID VM ASEAN
03HANOI527	VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...]	2003-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR
03HANOI549	COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT IN VIETNAM: NOT MUCH TO IT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite improved national guidance on community drug treatment as well as an increasing awareness among authorities of the need for more rehabilitation services at different levels, implementation appears rather thin and uneven, primarily due to a lack of trained personnel and i [...]	2003-03-07 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV SOCI VM HIV AIDS CNARC
03HANOI554	UNODC CONCERN OVER VIETNAM FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (U) UNODC country representative Dr. Doris Buddenberg contacted poloff on March 6 to express concern over Department's decision to reprogram USD 740,000 originally intended to fund UNODC's law enforcement project "Interdiction and Seiz [...]	2003-03-07 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC
03HANOI567	REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. DPM Dung expressed general satisfaction with US-Vietnam relations, especially regarding trade and investment ties, along with the desire to do more to push the relationship further. He complained about the recent flag cases, catfish, and the US desire for a textile agreement, [...]	2003-03-11 01:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD MARR SNAR KCRM VM
03HANOI584	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON IRAQ [...] (U) In a meeting on March 10 devoted primarily to bilateral ties (ref a),senior Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung described Vietnam's "consistent" policy regarding Iraq: The GVN opposed terrorism, opposed using the excuse of terrorism to invade another country, and opposed weapons of m [...]	2003-03-11 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PTER VM IZ
03HANOI592	Religion in Lao Cai and Yen Bai - Different Stories [...] (U) Summary: Local officials in two mountainous, predominantly minority northwestern provinces appear to be taking differing approaches towards religion. Lao Cai officials talked a cautious and rigid line while trying to explain how they have supported religious practice within legal guide [...]	2003-03-12 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI615	GVN COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Department, said that the GVN had taken prompt action on all USG requests for name checks on potential terrorist links since 9/11, including reviewing informatio [...]	2003-03-13 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
03HANOI619	GVN CONCERNED OVER VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] (U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Department, expressed concern that the Vietnam Human Rights Act (VHRA) will be reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Such legislation is "not in th [...]	2003-03-13 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI636	U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...]	2003-03-14 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC
03HANOI637	MFA on Some Detained/Imprisoned Activists [...] (U) MFA International Organizations department expert Hong Bich Lien confirmed to poloff on March 13 that Nguyen Vu Viet, Nguyen Truc Cuong, and Nguyen Thi Hoa, whom reports have described as nephews and niece of Father Nguyen Van Ly, have been arrested and are under investigation. They will [...]	2003-03-14 08:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI647	VIETNAM ON RIGHTSIZING THE IAEA SFEGUARDS BUDGET [...] (U) In response to reftel letter from Deputy Secretary Armitage and demarche on rightsizing the IAEA safeguards budget, Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dinh Bin responded in a letter dated March 17, 2003 indicating Vietnam's support for general and complete disarmament, th [...]	2003-03-17 05:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ABUD KNNP TRGY OVIP OPDC VM IAEA
03HANOI650	VIETNAM: MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT DATA [...] OVERALL BUDGET BALANCE: The IMF and GVN track the overall fiscal balance in three ways: 1) overall fiscal balance excluding onlending and capital costs of reform; 2) overall fiscal balance including onlending; 3) augmented fiscal balance including onlending and capital costs of reform. Thes [...]	2003-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN VM
03HANOI651	"MASS" PEACE RALLIES IN HANOI [...] (U) Similar to the pro-peace meeting they organized on February 18 in Hanoi (ref b),the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF),the Vietnam Peace Committee, the Committee for Asian- African-Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation, and the Vietnam-Iraq Friendship Society jointly sponsored another [...]	2003-03-17 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ASEC PTER IZ VM
03HANOI655	SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...] Please see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- 2. Hanoi is one of the areas most affected in the current, worldwide epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The first Hanoi case was identified February 26th, when an American citizen (H [...]	2003-03-17 14:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM
03HANOI676	PRO-PEACE RALLY AT EMBASSY [...] (U) During the afternoon of March 19, a group of approximately 30 school-age children (apparently in their early teens at the oldest) suddenly appeared at the front of the Chancery chanting -- in English -- "peace for Iraq" and "no war," and holding up a few pro-peace posters (also in Englis [...]	2003-03-19 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC IZ VM
03HANOI690	OFFICIAL COMPLAINT ABOUT FLAG BILLS [...] (U) In a diplomatic note to the State Department dated March 20, the MFA formally asked for assistance to "abolish" recent bills by the City Councils of Westminster and Garden Grove, California to permit the use of the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam and to prevent further such legisl [...]	2003-03-21 02:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM
03HANOI702	TFIZ01: VIETNAM UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] (U) Vietnamese television, radio, and newspapers on March 20 and March 21 highlighted international protests against military action in Iraq, including another slew of mass pro-peace "meetings" throughout Vietnam that were described as involving at least tens of thousands of Vietnamese citiz [...]	2003-03-21 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS CASC IZ VM
03HANOI714	WARDEN MESSAGE - action request in paraS 1 and 5 [...] Mission has received and transmitted the travel warning ref a. However, Mission wishes to point out that the comment in the third paragraph, ".the Department of State has suspended official travel to Vietnam until further notice" is not the Mission's understanding of the current situation. M [...]	2003-03-24 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC VM
03HANOI752	Turning Highlanders into Rice Farmers [...] (U) Summary: Many efforts to improve the living standards of highland ethnic minorities center on transforming their way of life from slash-and-burn agriculture to sedentary farming, particularly production of rice and, increasingly, cash crops. This agricultural transformation complements [...]	2003-03-26 09:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR EAGR VM ETMIN
03HANOI776	FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL [...] (U) Foreign Minister Nien has written to the Secretary ostensibly to cite progress in bilateral ties but in reality to complain about the likely reintroduction in Congress of the Vietnam Human Rights Act and passage or expected passage at the city and state levels of various "flag bills" man [...]	2003-03-28 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC VM
03HANOI807	Thich Huyen Quang Tarries in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the pre-1975 United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),explained to emboffs on April 1 that he had not yet returned to Quang Ngai province because senior GVN officials still wished to meet with him. He noted that he had been "invited" to stay for such m [...]	2003-04-01 23:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI812	THE ROLE OF THINK TANKS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GVN supports an extensive network of research institutes ("think tanks") under the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (NCSSH). Among its 25 think tanks, five focus on Vietnam's external relations. While their influence appears modest, the think tanks provid [...]	2003-04-02 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
03HANOI827	LARGE DRUG CASE IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to what was described as the "largest drug case ever" in the northwestern province of Lai Chau. The trial concluded on March 14, with the provincial people's court handing down six death sentences (two others had also bee [...]	2003-04-03 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI842	The Prime Minister and Thich Huyen Quang [...] (U) Vietnamese media, including television on April 2 and all major newspapers including the Communist Party of Vietnam's flagstaff "Nhan Dan" and the military's "Quan Doi Nhan Dan" on April 3, gave prominent coverage to an April 2 meeting between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Thich ("Mos [...]	2003-04-03 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE
03HANOI935	Lay Assessors: More symbolic than useful [...] (SBU) Summary: "Lay assessors" in courts below the appellate level are Vietnam's rough equivalent of trial by jury. Officials describe this system as an example of the GVN's commitment to promote public democracy. Training remains inadequate and is likely to continue to be underfunded, virt [...]	2003-04-15 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM
03HARARE10	MEDIA REACTION: FOOD CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Only return to sanity will end food shortages" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its January 3 editorial to persuading the government of Zimbabwe to cooperate with the international community, adding that "the survival of the nation shoul [...]	2003-01-03 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1009	Labor Strike Updates [...] Summary: Public and private sector strikes are on the rise. Given the state of this free-falling economy, however, it is doubtful many workers will come out ahead. End Summary. 2. Public school teachers recently lost a court ruling and, on instruction from the Zimbabwe Teachers' Associatio [...]	2003-05-22 09:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ZI
03HARARE101	MEDIA REPORT: PAPER TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 09:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ZI
03HARARE1028	MORE NEGATIVE COMMENTARY IN GOVERNMENT MEDIA [...] Under the headline "Archbishop Ncube shameless" the government-controlled daily "Herald's" May 24 editorial criticized Archbishop Pius Ncube for meeting with Secretary Powell. Excerpts follow: SIPDIS 2. "Like the proverbial Judas Iscariot, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was in Wash [...]	2003-05-27 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1029	GOVERNMENT PAPER COVERS POWELL-NCUBE MEETING [...] The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube provided the lead story in the May 22 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle." The article distorted the purpose and substance of the may 20 meeting Wash [...]	2003-05-27 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1031	GOVERNMENT MEDIA CRITICIZE ARCHBISHOP NCUBE FO [...] Under headline "Pius Ncube must make his intentions clear" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle's" May 22 editorial was critical of Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube for having met with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent visit to Washington. Exce [...]	2003-05-28 05:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI

03HARARE1034	STATE-CONTROLLED PAPER HAILS JOURNALIST'S [...] Under headline "Meldrum's expulsion was long overdue" the editorial in the May 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" said: "After painting the situation in Zimbabwe in dark colors and generally portraying the country as a lawless community [...]	2003-05-28 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO ZI

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